OH: Gov. Kasich's Proposed Changes to Transit Funding Would Cost RTA $19M a Year

Feb. 22, 2017
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority could lose $19 million each year starting in 2019 if Gov. John Kasich's budget proposal is approved.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority could lose $19 million each year starting in 2019 if Gov. John Kasich's budget proposal is approved.

The executive budget Gov. John Kasich's office released Jan. 30 only offers temporary relief for transit agencies that will lose funding from the end of a sales and use tax on Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs).

Transit agencies annually receive about $34 million directly from the Medicaid MCO sales tax, more than half of which goes to RTA.

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