TRANSIT FOR ALL PA!
The Crisis Is Here; Keep Shared-Ride and Paratransit Moving in Every County
The shared-ride and paratransit system in PA is broken. Nearly every transit agency in PA is robbing its fixed-route budgets to keep shared-ride and paratransit service running – making fixed-route service at-risk in the process. Our most vulnerable residents, in the most rural corners of the state, are on the brink of losing access to healthcare, food, jobs, and community.
At the same time, LANTA is cutting service and raising fares in the Lehigh Valley, and Red Rose Transit and BARTA in Lancaster and Berks counties could see the same fate within the year without a change. And systems like SEPTA and PRT are further delaying safety and accessibility upgrades due to required “flexes” of their capital budgets – money that isn’t even available to our small transit agencies.
THIS YEAR, Pennsylvanians need urgent funding for our shared-ride and paratransit services – the public transportation that serves every county, no matter how rural. By stabilizing these essential trips, small transit systems can stall potential service cuts for years longer, and riders and workers can push for service restoration and expansion.
Fill out this form to email your legislators, Governor Shapiro, and PA House and Senate leadership that we need action for shared-ride and paratransit NOW!
Transit Moves Us
Transit isn’t just urban. And the most essential of our transit trips take place in all 67 counties: on shared-ride and paratransit.
Every year, transit systems in Lancaster, Berks, York, Dauphin, Luzerne, Lackawanna, and numerous other counties face a large – and growing – structural gap in funding to provide seniors and people with disabilities access to food, healthcare, and community. Because of these gaps, every agency is covering costs with money designed to be used for fixed-route service that is cheaper to deliver per-rider, and serves more people.
Shared-ride and paratransit is the only mode of transit in dozens of PA counties. But even in urban areas like Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, these services get thousands of people every day to the places they need to go. The Pennsylvania legislature can fix this structural problem, and give every corner of commonwealth – especially our most rural places – the breathing room to stabilize operations and even explore more efficient service models that serve more riders, rather than having to focus solely on the most-expensive, and highest-need, passengers.
We want you to join us!
You are strengthening a movement for funding to ensure transit remains safe and in service – in every corner of Pennsylvania. Elders and people with disabilities in rural communities should not be limited by narrow, infrequent trip options to meet their basic needs. Riders should not lose service due to dangerous infrastructure in Philly and Pittsburgh, and agencies growing ridership and service in the Lehigh Valley should not have to backtrack.
By taking action, you join a coalition of thousands from communities of all sizes and geographies with a shared demand: to stabilize shared-ride and paratransit service in all 67 counties, and move us forward into service restoration and expansion all over Pennsylvania.
Whether you’re from State College or Scranton, Philly or Erie, better transit is possible, is necessary, and is transformative. We’re not letting up on pushing our state elected leaders.
are you ready to keep up the fight?
Thanks for your Support!
Here’s how you can take action to stop cuts and win better public transit across PA:
1. Attend an organizing event
Join other transit riders and workers to take action together!
2. Take Action On Your Own
Use our tools to raise awareness in your community
