6/21/24: FINAL PUSH - Write a Letter and Call Your Legislator to Save Philly Transit

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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.

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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?

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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


Take action before July 1st. Your transit system depends on it.

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