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Campaign Updates
What should the future of COLTS & LCTA look like?
If you ride COLTS or LCTA in the Scranton or Wilkes-Barre areas, you can shape the future of transit organizing in your community by taking the new rider surveys! As a transit rider, you're an expert on transit service in your community: what's working, what's not, and what the most urgent needs for investment are. These new COLTS & LCTA rider surveys are a tool to identify the issues that matter most to riders—and use that information to organize decision-makers to action. By sharing your experience, you can show the state government that there is real demand for expanded,...
Where do PA-36 Senate Candidates Stand on Transit?
With the race for the PA-36 Senate seat well underway, you should know whether local candidates would support the transit you need in Lancaster County. Transit for All PA reached out to the candidates, Democrat James Malone and Republican Tom Jones, to see where they stand. As a 501c3, Transit for All PA cannot endorse any candidates, but it can ask candidates where they stand on transit—and share the answers with you. Below are Malone and Jones's responses. Italicized text indicates a direct quote from the candidate. Personal Connection to Transit Where and/or when have you ridden...
Where do PA-16 Senate Candidates Stand on Transit?
With the race for the PA-16 Senate seat heating up, you should know whether local candidates would support the transit you need in Bucks and Lehigh Counties. Transit for All PA reached out to the candidates, Democrat Mark Pinsley and Republican Jarrett Coleman, to see where they stand. As a 501c3, Transit for All PA cannot endorse any candidates, but it can ask candidates where they stand on transit—and share the answers with you. Below are Pinsley and Coleman's responses. Italicized text indicates a direct quote from the candidate. Personal Connection to Transit Where and/or when have...
Pledge to #VoteTransit on November 3rd!
You can elect Public Transit Champions to Federal, State, and Local Office Election Day is November 3rd! Do you have a plan to #VoteTransit? Politicians at every level (local, county, state, and federal) have the power to improve public transit access through their office. Public transit supporters like you can organize to make sure transit champions win on Election Day by taking these actions: Pledge to #VoteTransit on Election Day Make your plan to vote! Register, check your status, request a ballot Pledge to #VoteTransit: Say that transit is an Election issue that moves you VOTE! Your...
Welcome to Three Northeast PA Organizing Fellows!
Following our successful fellowships in the Lehigh Valley and Lancaster, Transit For All PA continues its base-building of transit riders and transit workers. We’re deepening our statewide relationships through three regional organizing fellows in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. Read below to learn a bit about the people surveying transit riders and workers, and building the movement for transit in Northeast PA (NEPA). Corey O'Brien (he/him) Jefferson Township, Lackawanna County Why I love Scranton: I love where I live, Scranton has a tight knit Community of friendly good hearted folks....
Join the Week Without Driving PA!
How easy is it to get around your community without a car? Do you think your neighbors know what that's like? What about your elected officials, your transit agencies, and other local decision-makers? The Week Without Driving is a national challenge designed to uplift the experiences of people who cannot or do not drive—whether due to disability, economic factors, or choice. Transit for All PA invites you to participate in the Week Without Driving, October 1-8, 2026. By taking part, you can share your experience and call for the meaningful change your community deserves. What is the...
We’re Hiring: NEPA Organizing Fellowships in Luzerne, Lackawanna Counties!
The NEPA Organizing Fellowship application period closed on 9/2. Stay tuned for next steps in the fight for more transit access in NEPA by joining the Transit for All PA! newsletter! Sign up for the newsletter! Transit lines are lifelines in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, but Northeast PA (NEPA) transit systems need more support to get people where they need to go. That's why Transit for All PA! Is launching two paid organizing fellowships in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties: to support transit advocates in building local demand for transit. The statewide movement for transit funding that...
PA Transit Stories: paratransit & Transit workers move us
Image Description: Screenshots from the PA Transit Stories given by Preston, Lionel, and Lou Transit riders across PA are telling their stories & calling for expanded transit funding To tell your story, email info@transitforallpa.org today! Lionel in Harrisburg https://youtube.com/shorts/M7AHzZP2DTI?feature=share Preston in York https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3AuTLmD8xgc Lou in Harrisburg...
Another Budget Passes without Transit. But This Movement is Unstoppable.
No new transit funding means less access, higher costs, and major cuts to come On July 12th, State Legislators and the Governor passed a belated state budget, again without new revenue for PA transit. For transit riders and workers, a status quo budget this year means less access and higher transportation costs - with catastrophic cuts coming down the pike. The crisis is already here: transit providers in rural and urban communities are cutting service and raising fares. Pennsylvanians in every county have lost transit service since 2019. This year, riders in the Lehigh Valley have...
It’s Official: PA Is In Budget Overtime. Riders are Fighting Back.
Image Description: Poster-style graphics of transit advocates raising fists, a stopwatch, a paratransit van, and a pennant reading "pass the budget!" on top of graph paper As PA Enters State Budget Overtime, Transit Riders Launch Summer of Action, Demanding a State Budget with NEW Revenue Options for Transit Access Across the Commonwealth This July, as State Legislators left Harrisburg without passing a budget by the required June 30th deadline, transit riders and transit workers across the state have geared up their advocacy for expanded transit funding in the state budget. The Transit...