Letter to the editor: Questions on mass transit funding crisis

I have three questions regarding mass transit funding (“Pa. Senate leaders look to skill games tax as transit funding debate continues,” Aug. 17, TribLive). First, how did state government get into transit in the first place? Second, school districts go to private bus companies to transport kids; why not put mass transit in private-for-profit companies like school districts did? Third, why don’t people using public transit make up the shortfall?

Gouging on turnpike fares and taxes on gambling don’t really affect me; I avoid the turnpike for personal travel and am really not much for casinos.

Thomas Wian

Hempfield