Call Your Pennsylvania State Senator: Support HB 1219 & Fund PA Transit! October 9, 2023 THANK YOU for taking part in our letter-writing campaign, and telling your state legislators to FUND PA TRANSIT. Late on Tuesday, October 3, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed HB… Read More »Call Your Senator – Support HB 1219 and FUND PA TRANSIT
Take Action Now to Expand Transit Funding in PA! UPDATE: Our organizing is working – now let’s keep up the pressure! On 10/3/23 the PA House passed HB1219 which includes a 2% increase in dedicated resources to the PA Public Transit Trust Fund! This vital… Read More »Take Action! Enable Transit Funding From State & Local Levels
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
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
Calling all PA Transit Advocates! Join the press conference to support HB 1307. Allow communities to raise critical local funding to build on state transit dollars. It is time that PA communities are allowed to choose their own destinies. Representative Joe Hohenstein, a member of… Read More »Join Transit Advocates in Harrisburg to Support Expanded Funding Options
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
Transit for All PA! is a campaign supported by more than 100 elected officials, unions of working people and organizations who want to see Pennsylvania’s public transit systems expand to move families and towns all across our state. We seek to secure expanded, dedicated funding… Read More »Transit For All PA response to Governors TROC report
On Tuesday, June 29th, more than 100 transit riders, transit workers and allies in the Transit for All PA! coalition convened on the Capitol steps to kick off the fight for a dedicated $1.65 billion dollars in annual funding for Pennsylvania public transit. Residents of… Read More »Transit for All PA! Campaign Kicks-off With a 100 Transit Riders & Workers Rally 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
When we go to Harrisburg, we will be meeting with legislators to introduce them to the Transit for All PA! platform and ask them to support us. That means we will need to be very intentional about what we say in our meetings with legislators.… Read More »Talking Points & Meeting Tips for Transit for All PA! day-of-action