GOVERNOR SHAPIRO PROPOSING $282 MILLION INCREASE IN STATE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Governor Josh Shapiro is proposing a 282-million-dollar increase in state funding for public transportation. The proposal would amount to a nearly two-percent increase in Pennsylvania’s share of mass transit funding over the next five years.  The increase is expected to be announced in his new budget that will be revealed next month.  The public transportation proposal would be funded by the allocation of sales tax revenue dedicated to supporting commonwealth transit systems. Philadelphia’s SEPTA transit system would get the largest cut, but the governor’s also asking for that system to shape up crime, cleanliness and safety issues.