PHIA News Digest – Vol. 10, No. 31

Aug 12, 2025 | PHIA NEWS DIGEST

Another day, another transit bill passes amid Pa. budget impasse

On Monday, the state House voted on a bill that would increase funding for transit agencies across the Commonwealth. The bill will go to the Republican-controlled Senate, which is set to return to Capitol in Harrisburg tomorrow.

Pa. House Democrats push transportation funding bill for fifth time

As state budget negotiations stretch more than a month past the June 30 deadline, the House Transportation Committee has advanced a transportation funding bill for the fifth time to boost support for Pennsylvania’s mass transit agency.

Transit funding bill moves in Pa., again

With days to spare, the House Transportation Committee voted for the fifth time on a piece of legislation that would secure mass transit funding Wednesday. This time, it came in the form of an omnibus bill.