Pa. Governor Josh Shapiro is hopping about SEPTA's regional rail in Philly's suburbs in an effort to discuss his plan to raise state funding on public transit by about $282 millionGovernor Josh Shapiro is set to do something on Thursday that most politicians rarely do -- ride SEPTA, as the governor will be in the Philadelphia suburbs to help highlight his recent push to increase state funding for mass transit.
On Thursday morning, Shapiro is expected to hop onto SEPTA West Trenton regional rail line and ride from the Rydal Station in Jenkintown to the Langhorne Station in Penndel as a way to encourage state investment into, what his office called in a statement ahead of the ride,"clean, safe, and on-time public transit."
Governor Josh Shapiro is expected to ride SEPTA's West Trenton regional rail line in an effort to highlight the need for investment into Pennsylvania's public transit systems. The event will be livestreamed at the top of this story beginning at 11:30 a.m.Shapiro's office has said that the proposed increase would invest nearly $1.5 billion into public transit statewide over five years.
Since 2017, SEPTA has been relying on federal COVID relief funding in order to continue to services without raising fares.Jersey Shore