State government covers more than half of operational costs for mass transit systems in Pennsylvania’s largest cities.

The funding comes after a months-long struggle for federal support of SEPTA, though the organization already approved a 7.5% fare increase to take effect on Dec. 1.

Democrat Josh Shapiro is redirecting federal highway funds to Philadelphia’s transit system. Officials with the nation’s sixth-largest system had just approved a 29 percent fare increase.

SEPTA Frankford Division garage” by davidwilson1949 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. On Nov. 20, 13 days after the expiration of ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, in a moment suggestive of last year’s fast rebuild of a collapsed I-95 bridge, swooped into ...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced this morning that he will provide $153 million in funding for SEPTA for the ...

SEPTA will receive an infusion of $153 million in "flexed" federal highway money, enough to cover its running deficit, ...

Shapiro said the $153 million can help SEPTA maintain services and avoid steeper fare increases until he can come to an ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro says he'll divert more than $150 million in federal highway funding to help Philadelphia’s mass transit ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday that he will divert more than $150 million in federal highway funding to provide a one-time ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday that he will divert more than $150 million in federal highway funding to provide a one-time injection of cash into Philadelphia’s mass transit system to help it avoid ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday that he will divert more than $150 million in federal highway funding to provide a one-time ...