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Preview PPT’s New Literature Review & Position Paper On Autonomous Vehicles
The public must be included in the conversation about autonomous vehicle investment. They deserve the public forum and resources to evaluate the impacts that AV will have on our communities, and determine if this is a future worth investing public dollars in. But in the three years since AV has been tested in real-life on […]
Bringing the Public to the Autonomous Vehicle Table
Pittsburghers deserve a public conversation about driverless vehicles in our city. Pittsburghers for Public Transit believes that residents are long-overdue for a public conversation about the autonomous vehicles that have been roaming our streets for the last three years. There are now five different companies testing their technology in our neighborhoods and millions of tax-payer […]
Organizing Fellows Lead Beyond the East Busway Outreach
PPT is ecstatic to announce that the 1st cohort of Beyond the East Busway Fellows has been trained and is currently leading campaign outreach in the Mon Valley and eastern suburbs. These 8 talented organizers all have deep connections to these communities. They personally understand the importance of transit and are ready to build a […]
Media Roundup: Beyond the East Busway
Pittsburgh media was eager to cover the release of PPT’s new Beyond the East Busway participatory transit planning tool. Within hours, 5 local outlets had covered the release and dozens of people had completed the tool. We’re encouraged to have this coverage. This grassroots participation is what we need to drive transit expansion in our […]
Beyond the East Busway Tool is Live!
On Wednesday, June 25th, Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) launched a grassroots planning tool for transit riders and residents to envision better public transit for the Mon Valley and Eastern Suburbs. This innovative transit mapping tool, entitled Beyond the East Busway, emerges from the belief that those most impacted by planning decisions are best-suited to […]
Got a mailing list? PPT’s new Organizing Fellowship is for you
Got a mailing list? Or an organization? Help us help you and spread the word about the new Organizing Fellowship! As they say – help us help you! PPT’s Fellowship is a great opportunity for your own organization. Send your constituents through PPT’s Fellowship and equip them with skills to push your own issues forward. […]
Over the last 10-months, PPT's research team reviewed over 100 sources to better understand the impacts of driverless vehicles.
Preview the position paper here & join us for the full release on Thurs, 4pm at the Spartan Community Center of Hazelwood.
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Throughout the end of July, PPT will hold a series of public conversations about Autonomous Vehicles and our shared values around transportation investment.
🚨July 16 // Preview of PPT Research Paper on AV
🚨July 18 // Release of PPT Research Paper & Community Convo
🚨July 23 // City Council Post-Agenda Impacts on AV
Bringing the Public to the Autonomous Vehicle Table - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
Pittsburghers deserve a public conversation about driverless vehicles in our city. Pittsburghers for Public Transit believes that residents are long-overdue for a public conversation about the autonom...The country's first autonomous shuttle crashed on its first day. And now the City of Pittsburgh wants to spend millions of tax-payer $$$ to let companies test them here.
Residents shouldn't have to underwrite tech experiments.
We deserve investment in real transportation solutions.
Self-driving shuttle crashed in Las Vegas because manual controls were locked away
The NTSB finishes an investigation that started in November 2017Have you gotten to ride with the new blue lights? Thoughts?
www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/turn-off-the-white-lights/Content?oid=15377795
In case there was any doubt about what Amazon HQ2 would have done to Pittsburgh's housing market...
“Before in the past, every time the rent were to increase, it would only increase around $15 monthly,” said Gloria, who asked that her last name not be used for fear of retaliation from her building’s management company. “But now they increased it up to $75.”
PGH still has a 20,000-unit shortage of affordable housing. We need electeds to step up and ensure quality affordable housing near great transit now.
Amazon HQ2 Is Upending Northern Virginia’s Already Unstable Housing Market
Homeowners are getting bombarded by speculators asking them to sell. Tenants are fighting rent increases. And Amazon hasn’t even started building.