12-08-2025
Service cuts planned at two large Pennsylvania transit agencies
Pennsylvania's largest mass transit systems are facing service cuts as Republican state lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro remain deadlocked in overtime budget negotiations.
If no funding deal is reached by Thursday, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, which serves the Philadelphia area, plans to hike fares and cut service this month — moves it calls 'the point of no return.' Pittsburgh Regional Transit officials have approved plans to cut service next year unless the state boosts transit funding.
Transit funding is one of the biggest sticking points holding up Pennsylvania's budget, which was due to be approved by June 30. The problem is especially acute in the Philadelphia region, with SEPTA facing a $213 million deficit.
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'We are past the point of short-term, stop-gap measures. We are past the point of a few months of fixes,' Shapiro said Sunday at SEPTA headquarters in Philadelphia's Center City. 'It is time to have recurring, long term revenue for SEPTA and for the other mass transit agencies across Pennsylvania.'
