The Shapiro administration, Senate Republicans and House Democrats must iron out a budget deal that restores state funding to public transit. And they must do it now.

If the dire financial problems facing Pennsylvania’s local and regional transit authorities were an emergent crisis, that would be one thing. But every state leader has known for years that this crisis was coming: Massive transfers from the Turnpike Commission ended in 2022, and federal COVID relief funding was always going to expire in 2024.

Yet here we are, nearly two months after the constitutionally mandated budget deadline, with massive transit service cuts in the offing. In Philadelphia this week, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) trimmed 20% of its offerings, leading to late workers, stra

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