States also face uncertain federal funding as the Trump administration reduces the size of government and zeroes out some Biden-era transportation programs. In Oregon, nearly 500 transportation employees, about 10% of the department’s workforce, might lose their jobs as state lawmakers consider a transportation funding bill in a special legislative session. And in Pennsylvania, a budget impasse over transit funding between the state’s Republican-dominated Senate and Democrat-led House continues. Pandemic-era funding endsPennsylvania and other states are confronting the end of pandemic-era federal funding that kept transit systems afloat. Service cuts and fare hikes can make the system less attractive to riders, as well as bring in less money from riders.