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Port Authority’s Q3 Service Adjustments, with comment from @PGH_Bus_Info Hotline
Each quarter the Port Authority adjusts its transit schedules and routes to account for rider’s requests, ridership shifts, construction, road closures and/or all of the other unexpected hiccups that might affect Pittsburgh roads. In case you missed it, the most recent set of schedule adjustments will go into effect on Sunday, Sept. 1st, 2019. You […]
After 3 Years, City Council Takes Up Questions of Driverless Vehicles
Last Month, after publishing its literature review “Wait, Who’s Driving This Thing?: Bringing the Public to the Autonomous Vehicle Table“, Pittsburghers for Public Transit worked with Councilmembers Theresa Kail-Smith, Deb Gross, and Corey O’Connor to hold the first City-sponsored conversation on the effects of Autonomous Vehicles. This was the first time that the Council has […]
Votes Are In: PPT Membership Elects New Coordinating Committee Members
Pittsburghers for Public Transit believes in transparency, accountability, public participation, democracy, collaboration, and shared leadership. And we want to practice what we preach. So each year PPT runs an open nomination and election process for our general membership to choose 5 people to serve on our Coordinating Committee (aka our Board of Directors). The Coordinating […]
Port Authority’s Q2 Service Changes, with comment from the PGH Bus Info Hotline
Each quarter the Port Authority adjusts its transit schedules and routes to account for rider’s requests, ridership shifts, construction, road closures and/or all of the other unexpected hiccups that might affect Pittsburgh roads. In case you missed it, the most recent set of changes went into effect Sunday, June 16, 2019. The next set of […]
“Charting a New Course for Urban Mobility”, PolicyLink Chimes Into PGH’s AV Conversation
It did not take much time for Pittsburghers for Public Transit to come to a decision about who to invite to write a forward to the organization’s new Literature Review on the impact of Autonomous Vehicle technology, “Wait, Whos Driving This Thing?: Bringing the Public to the Autonomous Vehicle Table”. Anita Cozart, Senior Director at […]
PGH Residents Makes it Known, They Need To Be Part of the City’s Driverless Tech Conversation
On Thursday, July 18th, more than 70 residents from Hazelwood, the Run, Panther Hollow, and the surrounding communities made it known: the public wants to be included in the City’s decisions about driverless vehicle technology on their public streets with their public money. The high turnout at PPT’s first forum on driverless vehicle technology shows […]
Take any of these buses? Good news. Improvements are coming to their schedules starting Sept 1. Check the blog from @PGH_BUS_INFO for the down-low.
19L Emsworth Ltd
21 Coraopolis
36 Banksville
52L Homeville Ltd
Y1 Large Flyer
Y46 Elizabeth Flyer
Y47 Curry Flyer
Y49 Prospect Flyer
67 Monroeville
87 Friendship
P71 Swissvale Flyer
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After 80 days of solitary confinement in Allegheny County Jail, Kim is out and organizing to win better transit for her community as a fellow in PPT's East Busway Campaign. Kim's strength, resilience, and positive spirit are inspiring beyond words. But a run-in with an unjust criminal justice system leaves serious financial baggage. Check out Kim's story, and please help with dollars if you can. 💜 We all have a part to play in helping our neighbors and changing the institutions that hold us back: www.gofundme.com/help-kim-rebuild
Click here to support Help Kim Rebuild organized by Miujiza Milagro
Kimberly Andrews was imprisoned in Allegheny County Jail, held without bond, and subjected to conditions that are recognized as torture under international human rights law. Although the dangers of so...💥✊🏽✊🏿✊🏻💥
We gotta band together for better workplaces for better communities.
Congrats to the United Library Workers - Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh!! Y'all are an inspiration.
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Carnegie Library Workers Vote To Unionize For A ‘Seat At The Table’
Nearly 60 percent of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh librarians, library assistants, clerks and IT professionals who cast ballots Wednesday voted in favorTruckers' lobby, you're done...
Now let's move to dedicate and expand funding for public transit in PA.
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U.S. appeals court hands truckers defeat in turnpike toll suit
A federal appeals court says high tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike don't violate the right of truckers and other motorists to travel between states, upholding dismissal of their lawsuit.Public transit improvements that are made together with our most vulnerable riders will build a better system for all - lower fares, faster buses, reliable schedules, and public involvement.
“I have $6 to my name and need to load $4 on my ConnectCard to get the food we need,” she said, referencing transportation costs to the food bank. “Will I have enough money to get to work Thursday? I don’t know, but we need the food.”
PublicSource's Low-Wage Living series profiles folks who are walking the tightrope of poverty, and the importance of transportation is a constant.
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