Pittsburgh Review

Senator Bob Casey verified new funding for public transportation projects within Pennsylvania. The funding is supervised by the Federal government and will go to various projects throughout the state. It is for the 2022 fiscal year. 

The funding is going to be overseen by the Federal Transit Administration and will allow for infrastructure work and further projects in both cities and rural regions, in addition to money to increase the availability of transit for retirees and disabled individuals. 

“Thanks to the infrastructure law, Pennsylvania's public transit systems will see $234 million in federal funding for improved reliability, safer trips, more convenient services & improved accessibility for seniors & people with disabilities" Senator Casey said in a post to his official Twitter account on February 5. 

Senator Casey discussed the law in greater detail in a press release.

“From our biggest cities to our rural communities, Pennsylvanians across the Commonwealth rely on public transportation to get everywhere they need to go—work, school, the grocery store and more,” Senator Casey said in a press release. “Thanks to the infrastructure law, many of the Commonwealth’s public transit systems will be able to upgrade vehicles, improve facilities and provide faster, safer and more convenient service. I’m also very pleased that this bill includes $8 million to directly make public transportation more accessible to our seniors and people with disabilities. This is just a down-payment of what’s to come for Pennsylvania’s public transit.”

The money will be for the first four and a half months of the 2022 fiscal year. Further money will be allocated once Congress approves another spending plan for the new fiscal year. Philadelphia will get $147,188,295 in funds with Pittsburgh additionally being allocated $30,497,326. This accounts for the new mandates for funding for seniors and disabled persons. 

Funding allocated to the improved mobility of seniors and handicapped persons added up to $2,536,761. This money is for smaller areas with populations less than $200,000.