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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Philadelphia mass transit agency gets OK to use project money to avoid bus, trolley and rail cuts

Public Transit Philadelphia - (© 2025 Copyright The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration on Monday approved the use of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital project funding for Philadelphia’s public transit agency to help it restore bus, trolley and rail services that it had eliminated to shore up its deficit-riddled finances.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority had made the request to comply with a judge's order to undo the two-week-old cuts.

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