No new funding for public transit in Pennsylvania’s budget

A major sticking point throughout Pennsylvania’s budget impasse was getting more money for public transit, but no additional money was allotted for mass transit in the $50 billion state budget.

Pittsburgh Regional Transit said no new means means there is a major gap. It could lead to the transit authority making cuts or raising fares if not addressed in the long term.

“Right now, it’s hectic because you don’t know what kind of funding you are going to get,” Dobbie Wilson, of McKeesport, said…

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