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Pennsylvania Transit Coalition
Background on SEPTA
nCreated by State Legislature in 1964
nAcquired Assets of bankrupt private operators
nNation’s fifth largest transportation system
nServes Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties, and the City of Philadelphia (2,184 Square Miles, 3.9 Million Residents)
nMulti-Modal Operation:
n166 Bus Routes
nFive Trackless Trolley Routes
nTwo Subway Elevated Rail Lines
nEight Light Rail Routes
nThirteen Regional Rail Lines
nPara transit Services in all five counties
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Public Transit Must Be Subsid= ized
nLike public education, public transit benefits everyone, including those who never use it
nReduces traffi= c and parking congestion
nReduces costs = of road maintenance and constr= uction
nImproves labor mobility creating economic efficiency
nReduces pollution
nLimits sprawl = and associated costs of infras= tructure development
nWithout a publ= ic subsidy, transit service would be too limited and costly
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Who Uses SEPTA?
nDaily riders include:
<= span style=3D'font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal'>n300,000 workers traveling to jobs
nAlmost 1/2 of Philadelphia Middle and = = High School students
<= span style=3D'font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal'>n15,000 students commuting to college
n50,000 senior citizens
n5,000 individuals with disabilities
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SEPTA a= nd the Local Economy
nTransit system an important reason that new <= span style=3D'position:absolute;top:29.24%;left:14.79%;width:79.4%;height:5.5%'= >employers settle in region = nAlmost 70% of Center City emplo= yees use = public transit to get to work n18% of all work trips region wide are on SEPTA nSEPTA generates more than $4 mi= llion in daily = commerce nEvery $1 of funds invested in p= ublic transportation, returns $6 doll= ars in economic = benefits to the region
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Port Authority of Allegheny County
nProvides 68 mi= llion rides annually
nTwo million paratransit rides are provided each year; = 250,00 paratransit trips are made each day
nFifty percent = of the 140,000 downtown workers in Pittsburg get to work on public trransit <= /div>
n3200 individua= ls are employed by the Port Authority
n$226 million o= f the $252 million spend by the Port Authority goes to Pennsylvania businesses =
nTransit creates development in Pittsburgh
nMore than $300 million in office, retail, and residential = development has occurred in the vicinity of the Port  = Authority’s Martin Luther King, Jr. East Busway st= ation.
nMuch of the development in downtown Pittsburgh over the past fifteen years has been situated aboe or directly = adjacent to a Port Authority subway station. =
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Public Transit Serves Rural Areas<= /span>
§21 Rural Pennsylvania transportation systems carried almost 3.7 million riders in fiscal 2004
§Many transit r= iders have no alternative means of transportation
§17% of the rur= al population is disabled; 44% of all transit riders in rural Pennsylvania are disabled.
§7.3% of rural families have incomes below the poverty line
§Rural public transportaiton systems contribute to the local = economy
§Transit systems spend $18.96 million to operate their systems in fiscal 2004
§Rural business= es benefit from contracts from larger systems in and outside of Pennsylvania
§The Brookville Equipement Company in Brookville, PA received a $23.8 million contract to rebuild trolley cars for= SEPTA
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Public Transit Serves Small Urban = Areas
nAltoona Metro Transit (AMTRAN) provides service for workers at Wal-Mart and Penn State Altoona and ret= urn = service for second shift workers
nCambria County Transit Authority (CamTran) carries 5000 people daily to jobs, shopping and doctors. 99% of= those riders have no other means of transportation.
nThe Williamspo= rt Bureau of Transportation (WBT) provides 372,00 work trips and 360,000 shopping related tri= ps annually and supports 200 jobs itself. =
nYork County Transportation Authority (Rabbittransit) found that 47% of its riders use the bus to get to work.= 69.8% have no alternate means= of transportation. 35% of rabbittransit’s riders earn under 10,000 annually and the average = income of riders is $20,000.
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Public Transit Serve Large Urbani= zed Areas I
nCounty of Lackawana Transit System (COLTS) / Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA)
nTogether p= rovide 3 million passenger rides anually
nBoth serve= a large percentage of seniors 52% for COLTS and 44% for LCTA
nThe systems infused almost 9.5 million into the local economy andprovidd 163 jobs
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Public Transit Serve Large Urbani= zed Areas II
nBerks Area Rea= ding Transportation Authority (BARTA)
nProvides 1,250= ,000 trips a year of which 50% are work related.
nAn additional = 15% of BARTA passenger trips are shopping related.
nurchased $7.234 million in products and services products and services from Pennsylvania businesses <= /span>
nLehigh and Northhampton County Transit Authority (LANTA)
nProvides 4.3 m= illion trips a year of which 48% are work related.
nCarries anothe= r  half million elderly and disabled peop= le on door-to-door trips = ;
nCapitol Area T= ransit in Harrisburg
nProvides 2.6 m= illion passenger trips a year.
nEmploys 160 individuals and contributes more than $14 million to the local economy.
nRed Rose Trans= it Authority (RRTA) in Lancaster County
nCarries nearly 2,000,000 riders a year and is growing at a rate of 3.7% a year.
nProvides door-to-door service to 360,000 customers annually.
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Public Transit and Clean Air
= nOne bus removes forty cares from the roads, while one train rem= oves 120 cars. nFor every passenger mile traveled, public transit vehicles produce = 95% less carbon monoxide, 92% fewer volatile organic compounds, and nearly half as much carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide as cars.
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SEPTA Budget Deficit
nSEPTA faces a = $62 million shortfall in FY 2004-2005
nGovernor Rende= ll’s proposed short term aid will provide $13 million
nSEPTA’s projec= ted deficit for FY 2005-2006 is over $90 million
nThe projected deficit increases in subsequent years
nProblems of th= e same magnitude are faced by the Port Authority of Allegheny County and the other 70 transit agencies in the Commonwealth of = Pennsylvania
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The Problem is in Harrisburg
nThe primary so= urce of SEPTA’s budget diffi= culties is the lack of sufficient and dedicated funds coming from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
nSEPTA may not = be as efficient as it ideally should be
nBut a comparis= on of SEPTA with other transit agencies shows that is not grossly inefficient
n
nThe state subs= idizes public transit in two ways
nDedicated fund= s: Public Transportation Assistance Fund (PTAF)
nGeneral Revenu= es