You know, you're right. The state IS making it rather difficult for our urban areas to fund their own transit systems. What I was actually getting at was the mismanagement Port Authority has displayed over the years regarding its own network and personnel.
I do agree that there needs to be some drastic changes to state law in terms of better funding for public transit. greater Pittsburgh really needs to be better connected with the regional commercial hub that is Downtown (commercial, financial) and Oakland (educational, technological, healthcare, some commercial). And thanks to the state, Pittsburgh is going to lose even more connections...