Pennsylvania's Underfunded Transit Faces Hard Choices
4 April 2002 - 5:00am
It will soon be harder to find a bus during off hours and another fare increase is on the way, possibly to as much as $2 a ride, according to the chief of Allegheny County's Port Authority -- and you can blame it on the state.
Awash in federal dollars from the boom economy the last five years, and flush with extra funds from a 1997 gas tax increase, the state under Governor Tom Ridge spent its coin rebuilding bridges and roads, and undertaking a massive road resurfacing program. Mass transit did not see that same infusion of cash.
Source:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 3, 2002
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