One of the portions of the proposed budget funding package passed by the State House of Representatives could have a big impact on mass transit groups like IndiGo.
Part of the GOP funding plan that passed the state house Wednesday Night was taking a proposed $357 million from 41 different funds that Republican legislators considered inactive, and that includes the Public Transit Trust fund. The impact of that could be felt not only for major public transportation companies like PAT Transit and SEPTA, but on smaller companies like IndiGo, who provides bus service to Indiana County. John Kanyan, the executive director of IndiGo, said any cuts would be harmful to IndiGo, but the cuts proposed by the plan passed Wednesday night are significantly less than the “Taxpayers Budget” proposed earlier this week, which would have meant furloghing employees and other actions for IndiGo.
The budget proposal is awaiting examination by the Senate, who had passed a different funding plan that included a natural gas extraction tax, expansion in gambling, fund transfers and increases in taxes for utilities.
