Editorial | Pa. Mass Transit Proposal

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, June, 2007

Republican state senators who represent Philadelphia's suburbs will be doing their constituents a great disservice if they don't agree to a deal on the table to strengthen SEPTA and Pennsylvania's other mass-transit systems.

Supporting the deal may not be an easy vote for these legislators, including Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R., Delaware) - but it's the right vote.

The Senate GOP has been locked in a battle with Gov. Rendell over transportation funding, which the state has neglected for at least a decade. Six GOP senators from the Philadelphia suburbs, who represent tens of thousands of daily rail and bus commuters, could make the difference in this dispute. Their constituents have waited too...