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Governor Shapiro Fights for Public Transit in New Budget
- On June 5, 2025, Governor Josh Shapiro joined officials in Lehigh Valley to call for increased state funding for mass transit at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hecktown Oaks.
- Shapiro highlighted that public transportation generates an economic benefit of $5.4 billion across Pennsylvania and stressed that, given ongoing funding challenges for the state’s 52 transit systems, there are no simple solutions.
- Transit agencies like LANTA face service cuts of 20% and fare hikes of 25% without additional funding, while SEPTA plans a 45% service cut and 20% fare increase due to budget shortfalls.
- Shapiro’s proposed budget includes $292 million in new transit funding, with $6.5 million directed to LANTA, supporting public transit’s role in economic growth and health care access.
- The outcome depends on overcoming legislative resistance as the state faces a June 30 budget deadline, with continued bipartisan talks aiming to prevent disruptive cuts for riders and the economy.
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Budget clock ticks as Shapiro faces swirl of issues and divided Legislature
By Ford Turner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania budget season unlike any other has arrived in Harrisburg, and the pile of challenges facing negotiators ahead of the June 30 deadline appears immense. A new administration in Washington is orchestrating sweeping reductions in programs with federal-to-state money flows. Mass transit faces a financial crisis. Pennsylvania’s own finances — pumped up for several years by federal pan…
‘No more quick fixes’: Shapiro, Lehigh Valley officials campaign for public transit funding
Gov. Josh Shapiro joined Lehigh and Northampton County government and business executives Thursday to call for increased funding toward transit services across the state. Shapiro was joined at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hecktown Oaks in Lower Nazareth Township by PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll, Jefferson Health CEO Joseph G. Cacchione and Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Tony Iannelli, as well as other local elected offici…
Passionate advocates, elected officials rally in Harrisburg for more state transit funding - Pittsburgh Union Progress
State Rep. Ben Waxman, D-Philadelphia, doesn’t have to look very far to see the importance of public transit in his Central City district. Studies have shown a higher percentage of workers in Waxman’s district use public transit to get to work than any other district in the state. That’s why Waxman told a transit rally in Harrisburg Wednesday that it would be “a catastrophe” for his constituents if massive service cuts occur later this year and …
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