Whether we live in Philadelphia or Pottstown, Wilkes-Barre or Washington County, we all deserve an effective, affordable and safe means of transportation to access our jobs, our healthcare, our grocery stores and our schools. Over the past two years, residents across the Commonwealth have organized… Read More »Governor Shapiro Must Act Now To Save Transit Riders and Our Economy
Time is running out: SEPTA and transit systems across PA are facing major service cuts and fare increases imminently. We need all hands on-deck to ensure we don’t lose our foundation, and can work to stabilize and grow our Commonwealth’s public transportation – urban, suburban, rural, and intercity.
Opinion from Lionel Randolph: “We Need Our Leaders to Prioritize Transit” Lionel Randolph is a transit operator, the President of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1436 in Harrisburg and the Legislative Director for the Amalgamated Transit Union’s Pennsylvania Joint Conference Board Transit is essential for our… Read More »We Need Our Leaders to Prioritize Transit
Public transit funding in southeastern PA and across the state remains in crisis, but now’s the time to double down in pushing state government to #FundPATransit.
Today, on the front steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, government leaders, business leaders, labor leaders and transit riders from big cities, small towns and rural areas rallied and called on the legislature to support adequate transportation funding. Time is running short.
Transit riders and workers win the first funding increase in PA in over a decade. However, the one-time funding was far short of our goals and puts working people in danger. Transit for All PA! will continue advocacy through the summer to win transit improvements… Read More »State Budget Passes With $80 Million for Public Transportation
As constituents and taxpayers, we are demanding that our elected officials do their jobs and hold transit funding as an essential component of any deal that is negotiated this week! For the third year in a row, the ball might get dropped. June 30th… Read More »Take Action🚨 Don’t let transit riders and workers get kicked back in the state budget!
The time is now! Call and E-mail Governor Shapiro and YOUR State Legislators – Fund PA Transit! THANK YOU for taking action for transit in Pennsylvania, whether taking part in our letter-writing campaign or signing our platform – now its time to pick up the… Read More »Call your legislator and tell them to Vote to Fund Transit in PA!
Whether we live in Harrisburg or Pittsburgh, Wilkes Barre or Erie, rural towns or Philadelphia, all Pennsylvanians deserve safe, reliable, dignified access to the places they need to go. Public transit services operate in every single PA county and keep seniors connected to healthcare, families… Read More »Write a letter to the editor in your local paper about how passing Governor Shapiro’s proposed public transit budget would impact your community and your daily life
Transit riders rallied, met with legislators, and visited the office of every House and Senate official in PA. Our message was clear: Rural and urban Pennsylvanians across our state need better service NOW! On Tuesday, April 30th, over 100 transit riders and workers rallied on… Read More »100+ Transit Riders & Workers Rally in Harrisburg to support Gov. Shapiro’s $282M funding increase to improve service in all 67 PA counties