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Millions of dollars are being proposed to improve transit access in Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania. Call your legislators, then write a letter to the editor in your local paper about how passing Governor Shapiro’s proposed public transit budget would impact your community and your daily life.
As we approach the end of budget season we are asking you to join us for one last push to get the $282 million dollar budget proposal passed this budget season, without raising taxes. This would be the first transit budget increase in over ten years and is vital to delivering reliable, safe transit across the Commonwealth.
We ask you to call your legislators, and write a Letter to the Editor in your local newspaper to the state government how this important funding for transit will be life-changing for their constituents in every county in Pennsylvania.
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Because of your advocacy and that of thousands of others across the state, Governor Shapiro has proposed more than $282 million to go to transit service in every single PA county!
As we enter the end of budget negotiation, it is critical that your legislators hear from you again. Grassroots actions like this can get the goods!
Will you call your legislators, and write a letter to the editor in your local newspaper to say that transit is critical for Philadelphia County and the entire state of Pennsylvania?
Use our Call Script
Learn how to write a Letter to the Editor
What does this budget increase look like for every county across the Commonwealth?
Nearly one million Pennsylvanians ride on public transit every day to commute to work, the grocery store, doctor's appointments, school, and travel anywhere else they may need, or want, to go. Public transit extends far beyond Philadelphia and Pittsburgh – the Governor's proposal would fund 32 public transit systems, including those in suburban and rural communities.
Here's how the much transit funding would increase in counties across the state:
Transit System | Proposed Funding
Borough of Mt Carmel (LATS) Northumberland
$83,891
Mid-County Transit Authority (Town and Country Transit) Armstrong
$128,757
Transit Authority of Warren County (TAWC) Warren
$231,766
Mercer County Regional Council of Governments (MCRCOG) Mercer
$281,293
Schuylkill Transit System (STS) Schuylkill
$409,675
Butler Transit Authority (BTA) Butler
$417,428
Borough of Pottstown/Pottstown Area Rapid Transit (PART) Montgomery
$456,323
Washington County Transit Authority (WCTA/Freedom Transit) Washington
$460,333
Indiana County Transit Authority (IndiGO) Indiana
$488,806
Endless Mountains Transportation Authority (EMTA/BeST) Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga
$530,444
Crawford Area Transportation Authority (CATA/Venango Transit) Crawford, Venango
$533,266
Monroe County Transportation Authority (MCTA) Monroe
$554,167
Fayette Area Coordinated Transportation (FACT) Fayette
$558,638
Hazleton Public Transit (HPT) in Luzerne County
$579,771
County of Lebanon Transit Authority (COLT/LT) Lebanon
$601,818
Altoona Metro Transit (Amtran)
$878,747
Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority (MMVTA) Washington, Westmoreland
$921,644
Westmoreland County Transportation Authority (WCTA) Westmoreland
$955,084
Beaver County Transit Authority (BCTA) Beaver
$964,641
Williamsport River Valley Transit (RVT) Lycoming
$1,321,230
Cambria County Transportation Authority (Camtran) Cambria
$1,633,531
New Castle Area Transportation Authority (NCATA) Lawrence
$1,691,312
Area Transportation Authority of North Central PA (ATA)
$1,814,957
County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) Lackawanna
$1,856,388
Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA) Luzerne
$1,912,997
Erie Metropolitan Transportation Authority (EMTA) Erie
$2,902,511
Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) Centre
$4,280,292
Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin
$5,468,434
South Central Transit Authority (SCTA) Berks, Lancaster
$5,697,479
LANTA in Lehigh and Northampton
$6,108,582
Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) Allegheny
$39,107,478
Southeastern Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
$161,525,591