Contact Us

info@patransit.org

(215) 880-6142

Links

saveTransit
(PTC is a member of this coalition seeking support for dedicated funding.)

SEPTA

PPTA
Pennsylvania Public Transit Association
(This is the organization of public transit agencies in Pennsylvania.)

PenTrans
Pennsylvanians for Transportation Solutions

DVARP

Delware Valley Association of Rail Passengers
PTA
Pennsylvania Transportation Alliance
Works to ensure that accessible, affordable transportation is available to all PA citizens with disabilities
 

PAPTA

Pennsylvania Alliance of Public Transit Advocates

An alliance of groups like the PTC that are working together to fight for  more funding for public transportation.
 

Why We Need Public Transportation

A superior public transportation system is vital to our region. To see this, we only have to imagine what would happen to our metropolitan area if public transportation were dramatically cut back:

• Our roads will be horribly congested.  More people will die in traffic accidents.
   

• Our hopes for economic development will be dashed. New businesses need to draw on skilled workers who live throughout the region. If workers do not have accessible, economical, and efficient transportation, businesses will not develop or move here.
   

• Our residential communities will wither. Communities that came to life because of the train and bus lines in this region will die without them. Strong communities will weaken. And plans to revive weaker communities will come to nothing.
   

• Our low income citizens will suffer terribly. They will lose access to jobs and shopping as well as to family members who live in different parts of the area.
   

• Our air and water will be degraded. And, because any development that takes place will have to rely on transportation by automobile, our open spaces will disappear.
   

• Our senior citizens will be isolated. Many senior citizens who live in their own homes will be forced to move to institutional settings.
   

• Our children will have fewer choices about where to go to school.
   

• All of us, but especially people with low incomes, senior citizens, and children, will be cut off from the social, cultural, educational and recreational riches of the greater Philadelphia area.
   

• And hundreds of good transportation jobs with good benefits will disappear.