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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 […]
Shout out to Anthony Puglionesi, who's doin the smart math on transit v car-ownership. What would you do with an extra $7,700?:
"The clearest benefit of ditching the whole car idea is financial. A recent study by AAA found that the average cost of owning a new car is $8,849 per year over the first five years (assuming you drive 15,000 miles per year, an average distance for drivers aged 20-54). This cost includes gas, insurance, maintenance and inspection fees, and depreciation of the vehicle’s value.
The cost of a monthly transit pass in Pittsburgh is $97.50. If you do the math, by not owning a car and opting to take public transportation, a Pittsburgher might put about $7,700 in their pocket each year."
www.publicsource.org/my-preference-for-buses-puzzles-some-people-but-consider-the-benefits-of-dit...
Remember though that racist urban renewal is not just a thing of the past. It's still happening now, here in Pittsburgh. Gentrification. Poor transit access. Over-policing. Laws that favor landlords & developers. Low wages. Investment in tech innovation over resident needs. These are all tools to suppress, divide, and conquer that are at play in our City today.
As the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival says, its gunna take a new, unsettling force to disrupt these systems. But we have the power. Lets connect our struggles and make that world a reality. ow.ly/snlY50vAyD2
How Segregation Caused Your Traffic Jam
In some of America’s most congested cities, roadways were designed to keep people “in their place.”Some serious food for thought. ow.ly/Dx1M50vAyiS
Downtown Bus Ridership Has Doubled Over Past Year - ColumbusUnderground.com
Thanks to a unique program that offers free bus passes to most Downtown workers, transit ridership for the Downtown area has more than doubled year-over-year since the program went into effect. The C-...CONGRATS! To all the winners of PPT's Coordinating Committee election. And THANK YOU to everyone who ran. This was the largest slate of candidates to ever run in a PPT election. <3 <3 The energy is high and there are good things to come. ow.ly/GD2s50vAyMY
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