Each year, the American Society of Civil Engineers releases an “infrastructure report card.” This year, the nation’s public transportation systems earned a D-, the lowest grade of any form of infrastructure in the country.

These transit systems, large and small, share a $90 billion backlog of repairs, which doesn’t include plans to expand or improve access to transportation. States and localities are cutting funding for improvements, kicking the can down the road with sometimes disastrous consequences.

Pennsylvania…