Philadelphia's SEPTA transit system is on the brink of significant service reductions as the deadline for state funding is just hours away.

With no funding deal reached, deep service cuts to SEPTA bus, train and trolley services in the Philadelphia region are looking more likely.

SEPTA cannot pause massive service cuts in the wake of the Senate’s passage of legislation to use money designated for transit capital projects as temporary operating funds, the transit agency’s top executive said Wednesday.