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Committee reports resolution recognizing March 18, 2025 as National Transit Worker Appreciation Day in Pennsylvania
Summary
The House Transportation Committee unanimously reported House Resolution 121, designating March 18, 2025, as National Transit Worker Appreciation Day in Pennsylvania and highlighting the role of transit employees across all 67 counties.
The House Transportation Committee unanimously reported House Resolution 121, which recognizes March 18, 2025, as National Transit Worker Appreciation Day in Pennsylvania and honors public transit employees across the Commonwealth.
Committee Chair Ed Nielsen introduced the resolution and committee staff summarized it, noting that more than 16,800 public transit employees provide service in all 67 Pennsylvania counties. Members spoke about the variety of duties transit workers perform, from vehicle maintenance to assisting riders, and emphasized the importance of transit funding.
Chairman Ed Nielsen offered personal remarks about his family’s ties to transit work in Philadelphia, saying his grandfather “drove for SEPTA for 35 years” and that his uncle worked as a SEPTA mechanic for 25 years. Nielsen said transit workers are often called on to perform social-service-like tasks and that recognizing them is important because “too often they’re forgotten.”
The committee recorded the resolution as unanimously reported and took no further formal action. No amendments were filed on the resolution.
