Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) announced $80 million for the Southeastern Public Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to modernize transit facilities and enable them to support clean energy buses. This funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will help SEPTA build resilient charging infrastructure to support low- to no-emission buses throughout their system and make the air in Southeastern Pennsylvania cleaner to breathe.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) are announcing $19,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to fund the replacement of the Fort Jenkins and Water Street Bridges between Pittston and West Pittston, PA. This funding comes from a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) Grant, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. With this funding, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Luzerne County,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) are announcing two $25 million grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for SEPTA’s trolley modernization project and for the City of Philadelphia’s school zones traffic safety project in North Philadelphia. SEPTA will use the funding to improve trolley capacity and on-street station accessibility and make service faster and more reliable for commuters. The funding for

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today introduced the Shovel-Ready Streets Act, a bill to fund street safety improvements and make roads safer for pedestrians in Pennsylvania and across the country. Pennsylvania is home to some of the most unsafe streets in the nation — between 2012 and 2020, 1,426 pedestrians were killed on Pennsylvania streets. Experts have dubbed State Street in Harrisburg the “deadliest road in America.