Transit for all Pa!
Campaign Updates
We Want Transit for All PA! 🚌❤️✊ Rally & Lobby Day
image description: graphic has a photo of Transit for All PA! advocates at a rally holding signs. Text reads "Harrisburg Rally & Lobby Day June 4th! Stand up for transit! Transit for All PA! Rally and Lobby Day in Harrisburg! RSVP HERE Whether we live in big cities or small towns, public transit is a lifeline--it connects us to jobs, healthcare, community, and so much more. Public transit in Pennsylvania is under dire threat, but we can take action together to save and expand it. Join Transit for All PA! for a day of rallying and meeting with state legislators to share our stories and...
Legislators Take Up Transit for All PA!’s Funding Proposal!
Image description: collage of riders and workers with signs supporting transit, overlaid with an image of the state of Pennsylvania with a cartoon bus and the words "Transit For All PA!" UPDATE: Our solutions for transit expansion are being put into action! Rep Abney & Rep Benham introduced HB1523 and HB1524 that would generate enough funding to restore service levels in PGH & Philly to 2019 levels and expand it 10% beyond that in rural and smaller towns across the state! Senators Saval and Williams introduced concurrent memos in the PA Senate. These measures explicitly propose...
SEPTA Riders Respond to Catastrophic Cuts By Organizing For A Lasting, Statewide Solution
[Image Description: A red keystone with white text that reads, "Take Action! Stop Transit Cuts Now!" overlaid on a collage of people holding Transit For All PA signs at a rally.] Today, SEPTA joined Pittsburgh in announcing massive cuts to service and fare increases. This would effectively kill public transit in the region, and the ensuing damage to Philly's riders, economy, healthcare system, road congestion and air quality is incalculable. In response to unprecedented cuts, we must organize for an unprecedented solution! Tell your legislators it’s time for statewide action. SEPTA...
Small Transit System Riders & Workers Are Organizing
image description: A group of people of different races and genders and ages are seated around a table with notes and laptops in a sunlit room, working together. Public transit isn't just a Pittsburgh and Philly issue! Join the next Small Systems call to win better service in your community! In the last few months, hundreds of advocates and operators joined from within and beyond State College, Erie, York, Hanover, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and the Lehigh Valley to share stories, make connections, and help one another where to share information about transit as we fight for visionary...
State Funding Forces Cuts, But Riders & Workers Take Action!
Pittsburgh announced massive cuts that would impact riders of all abilities, ages, and neighborhood. Small towns and cities across PA aren't far behind. TAKE ACTION to tell legislative leaders we need full funding for transit in every community in PA! Â Pittsburgh Regional Transit proposes 40% service cuts and 9% fare increases for fixed route service. Paratransit cuts of 62% and 20% fare increases. This is just the start for cuts across PA. Riders and supporters need to organize to save our service! Transit agencies across Pennsylvania are bleeding, and this week Pittsburgh Regional...
What’s Next: Winning Transit That Moves Us All
image description: Group of people of different backgrounds with sunglasses with arms raised and signs reading "Transit For All PA!" At center is a person in a power chair with a microphone. At right, a yellow block in the shape of Pennsylvania with a red cartoon bus and the blue text "Transit For All PA! and blue text below reading "We Can Win Transit That Moves Us All!" Thanks for joining us last Thursday to build a Platform for Visionary Transit! That call was just step one to winning funding by June 30. Over 175 riders, advocates, and operators from across Pennsylvania signed up...
RESPONSE: Riders and Workers Need a State Transit Budget That Moves Us
Whether you’re from State College or Scranton, Philly or Erie, every Pennsylvanian deserves transportation access to opportunity. On Feb 4th, National Transit Equity Day, Governor Shapiro didn’t deliver a public transit budget proposal that meets the needs of our Commonwealth. And so, we need you to join thousands of transit riders and workers across the state for two statewide calls to build the vision and organizing plan for the service we deserve! Last week, 80+ transit riders and transit workers across Pennsylvania joined Transit for All PA’s All Eyes on Governor Shapiro Budget Watch...
Welcome To Our Statewide Campaign Manager, Connor Descheemaker
PPT welcomes Connor Descheemaker to our team as the Statewide Campaign Manager for Transit For All PA. For over a decade, Pittsburgh for Public Transit has been a democratic member-led organization that fights for change in our community. We have won campaigns for improved bus service, fare accessibility, affordable housing, and transit equity. These successes are fueled by our local members and volunteers across Allegheny County. Over the last several years, recognizing the impact of state policy on the Pittsburgh area’s transit service, we began organizing at the state government. This...
Tell Gov Shapiro: TRANSIT M♥VES US!
We’re Ready for a Budget that Moves Us! On February 4th, Rosa Parks’ birth date, we’re calling on Governor Shapiro to lay out a funding plan for the transit we deserve. Thank you Governor Shapiro for hearing our call to flex funding and save SEPTA. Now it’s time for you to put transit first, and negotiate a dedicated, sustainable transit funding solution for all Pennsylvanians in 2025. Whether you're from State College or Scranton, Philly or Erie, every Pennsylvanian deserves transportation access to opportunity. Organize with us on Rosa Parks' birth date and Transit Equity Day to win...
Important Milestone: Governor Shapiro flexes $153 Million, Saving SEPTA from a Financial Doom Spiral
On November 22, 2024, Governor Shapiro flexed $150 million to save SEPTA riders & Pennsylvania's economy. Send a Thank-you to Governor Shapiro. Lend your support in reaching a full transit funding solution. In celebration, the Transit for All PA! Coalition issued the following statement: Today the Transit for All PA! statewide coalition celebrates an important step for transit, with Governor Shapiro’s announcement of an immediate allocation of $153 million from federal highway funds towards transit. The additional $153 million dollars in operations funding is long overdue and will...