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The cuts by PAT have been happening every few years long before Corbett was in office so it isn't exactly fair to blame it all on him. It was so bad for PAT back in the mid 2000's they were seriously considering and almost implemented a plan that would have cut ALL weekend and holiday service and ANY bus service after 8 PM.
The good news is, Pennsylvania just enacted a transportation funding bill to help rebuild highways and bridges, and give public transit in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia a dedicated stream of money from the Commonwealth. It was a bipartisan effort in the state legislature, and Tom Corbett endorsed it too, so I don't think he's quite as hostile to public transit as he's been made out to be.
The good news is, Pennsylvania just enacted a transportation funding bill to help rebuild highways and bridges, and give public transit in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia a dedicated stream of money from the Commonwealth. It was a bipartisan effort in the state legislature, and Tom Corbett endorsed it too, so I don't think he's quite as hostile to public transit as he's been made out to be.
Or, perhaps he was scrambling right before an election year?
^ This. After offending liberals by comparing same-sex marriage to incest on television he had to try to appeal to the left somehow.
But he appealed to everybody by signing the transportation funding bill, considering the bill was endorsed by both Republicans and Democrats in the state legislature.
Can't we just appreciate that it was a bipartisan effort on something productive and beneficial? That doesn't happen often, so let's savor the moment instead of looking for an angle.
Baltimore is struggling right now, and it's very sad to see. I don't expect Baltimore to win any polls any time soon. This whole Freddie Gray thing made an already huge problem massive, and unfortunately our city is getting left in the dust by the other cities in the Northeast Corridor because of it.
I think Pittsburgh probably wins the city proper comparison, but Baltimore probably wins the metropolitan area comparison.
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