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Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA), previously Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority, is a public transportation system serving the city of Reading and its surrounding area of Berks County, Pennsylvania. The South Central Transit Authority owns BARTA and the Red Rose Transit Authority (RRTA). In 2023, the system had a ...
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad opened in 1839, using the Philadelphia and Columbia and City Railroads to reach downtown. In 1847 a branch of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad to the Tacony section of Philadelphia opened, allowing a transfer to steamboats at Tacony for a connection to downtown.
Reading (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / RED-ing; Pennsylvania Dutch: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown.
City Hall, originally known as Boy's High School, is a historic city hall located Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.It was built in 1904, as the high school for boys, and converted to use as a city hall in 1929.
The Philadelphia and Reading Terminal Railroad was incorporated on April 13, 1888, leased by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway on May 1, 1891, and soon began construction. The viaduct and terminal opened on January 29, 1893. [7] In 1984, the Reading Terminal closed, and Philadelphia's Center City Commuter Tunnel opened.
Jul. 11—A former Reading police chief is Mayor Eddie Moran's choice for city managing director. The mayor has selected William Heim for the job after a five-month search, Moran announced Monday.
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The Mayor of Reading served under a city commission form of government prior to 1996. However, the city's mayor have served under a home rule form of government since 1996, beginning with the inauguration of Mayor Paul Angstadt in January of that year. [1] Reading is one of the few United States cities to have elected a Socialist mayor.