Campaign Updates

PA’s Budget Surplus Should Increase Access for Millions of Pennsylvanians

The following letter was sent by the Transit for All PA! coalition to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and leading legislators in the House and Senate on June 29th, 23: Support Additional Operating Revenue for Transit sent 6/29/23To: Governor Josh ShapiroHouse Democratic LeadershipHouse Republican LeadershipSenate Democratic… Read More »PA’s Budget Surplus Should Increase Access for Millions of Pennsylvanians

Legislators, advocates praise new bill HB 1307 to allow PA Counties to expand funding for public transit

An enthusiastic crowd of State Legislators, Transit Agency Representatives, Transit Worker Union Leaders, and Transit Advocates led by Representative Joe Hohenstein, gathered on the steps of the State Capitol for a press conference on the morning of June 20th to promote Hohenstein’s new House Bill… Read More »Legislators, advocates praise new bill HB 1307 to allow PA Counties to expand funding for public transit

The new infrastructure bill has $2.8b for PA public transit, but Harrisburg is still on the line

President Joe Biden’s signing of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act will have profound impacts for transit riders across the state. The bill is expected to bring $2.8 billion home to the nearly 40 different rural and urban transit agencies that operate transit in all… Read More »The new infrastructure bill has $2.8b for PA public transit, but Harrisburg is still on the line

PRESS RELEASE: 100+ Transit Riders & Workers Kick-off Transit for All PA! Platform in Harrisburg

For immediate release: PRESS RELEASE: Over a Hundred PA Transit Riders and Workers Rally in Harrisburg to Launch the Transit for All PA! Platform, Calling for Fully-Funded Transit to Meet the Needs of Workers and the Economy Media Contacts:  Laura Chu Wiens, Executive Director, Pittsburghers… Read More »PRESS RELEASE: 100+ Transit Riders & Workers Kick-off Transit for All PA! Platform in Harrisburg