Transit advocates, lawmakers and the Regional Transit Service (RTS) today called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to partner with the local New York State delegation to provide additional funding for public transportation in the Rochester area and the Finger Lakes region. Governor Cuomo has committed $8 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City, and upstate transit systems like RTS, public transit customers and advocates are urging him to provide proportional funding.

To meet the evolving transit needs of customers in Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, and Wyoming Counties, RTS has launched a Regional Service Efficiency Study.

RTS is applauding Congress’s passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which fully restores the 5340 High Density States Program transit funding.