The Pennsylvania Senate has approved a new funding plan that would help Pittsburgh Regional Transit avoid making service cuts. The Republican-controlled Senate passed two major bills along party lines, one of which was a general fund appropriations bill, and the other was regarding a $1.2 billion transit plan.

Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Senate has passed a funding bill that would largely use capital funding to maintain transit operations, a move the state’s governor and Democratically-controlled House say is not a viable solution to the funding shortfall that could lead to major service cuts in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Senate Republicans want to send $292.5 million dollars to transit agencies this year and another $300 million next year by dipping into a transit trust fund.