The Pennsylvania Senate has approved a new funding plan that would help Pittsburgh Regional Transit avoid making service cuts. The Republican-controlled Senate passed two major bills along party lines, one of which was a general fund appropriations bill, and the other was regarding a $1.2 billion transit plan.

The Pennsylvania Senate came to Harrisburg and worked into the evening Tuesday night, passing both a spending plan and a transportation bill to fund mass transit. Although this is a positive step for Pennsylvania lawmakers,

Senate Republicans want to send $292.5 million dollars to transit agencies this year and another $300 million next year by dipping into a transit trust fund.