Gov. Josh Shapiro and PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll joined transit leaders and other officials to highlight the critical role of mass transit to connect communities across the Commonwealth, create jobs and grow Pennsylvania’s economy.

This comes as the governor continues to advocate for his 2025–26 budget proposal, which includes $292 million in new mass transit funding next year — generating more than $1.5 billion in the next five years.

This is the first significant increase in state support for mass transit in more than a decade, benefiting 52 transit systems that serve nearly one million riders each day in rural, urban, and suburban communities across the Commonwealth.

“Just like we repair and maintain the bridges in rural and suburban communities, we owe it to the Pennsylvanians w

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