"Transit agency boards are predominantly white, and just one CEO among the 15 largest US agencies is a person of color."
"What policies might change if more diverse voices were contributing to transit? We might see more service added in off-peak hours to accommodate errands and domestic work. We might see the elimination of transfer fees, enabling essential multi-leg trips to work, school, and errands. We might have a more comprehensive conversation about policing on transit, and what “safety” means in practice. And we might hear stronger challenges to expensive new rail projects to wealthier, whiter communities that divert transit resources away from where riders actually live."
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This is what #solidarity looks like.
PPT Board Member and ATU Local 85 member, Sue Scanlon protests outside the @PittsburghPG office in support of PGH Newspaper Guild.
#ShameOnTheBlocks #UnionStrong mobile.twitter.com/Pgh4PubTransit/status/1098295684393066497
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“This is what #solidarity looks like. PPT Board Member and @ATU85 member, Sue Scanlon protests outside the @PittsburghPG office in support of @PGNewsGuild. #ShameOnTheBlocks #UnionStrong t.c...Congrats to our new(ish) Communications Director, Dan Yablonsky, and all the other amazing activists nominated for "Who's Next: Community Leaders & Activists"!!!
📣📣Special shoutouts to all the PPT members and partners nominated. Our struggle is interconnected: Heather McClain at Healthy Ride PGH // Christina Acuna Castillo at Pittsburgh UNITED // Alisa Marie at Access Mob Pittsburgh // Christian Carter at Alliance for Police Accountability-APA // Jeimy Ibarra at Casa San José // Alyssa P. Lyon at Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment GroupDaniel Yablonsky, Pittsburghers for Public Transit
Read about Who's Next: Community Leaders and Activists here: bit.ly/2GEtG2N
Get your tickets for the Who's Next: Community Leaders and Activists happy hour: bit.ly/2GHo1Jb
PUBLIC MEETING - Tuesday, Feb 19 - How can Second Ave/the 885 corridor be improved for transit, bike, ped access and safety? Attend the meeting to share your ideas.Do you live near, work near, or drive on State Route 885, Second Avenue? The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission invites you to attend an informational gathering session focused on transportation issues and needs along the State Route 885/Second Avenue corridor between the 10th Street Bridge and the interchange with State Route 837 just south of the Glenwood Bridge. Please plan to attend so that you can provide us your input on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 anytime between 5:00-7:00 PM at the International Union of Operating Engineers located at 300 Saline Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15207. Hope to see you there!
Gentrification listed as a top reason that transit agencies are losing ridership.
"Chicago, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Los Angeles showed the greatest decline in transit access for lower-income movers."
#mostlivablecity???? #namethatbusstop
How Can Transit Agencies Win Back Their Riders?
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Subprime auto loans, gentrification and, yes, Uber and Lyft are hurting transit ridership. But a new TransitCenter survey says better service can win them back.Latest Posts
#MakeOurFaresFair Rally & Media Coverage
🗣️”1 trip! 2 trip ! 3 trip! 4! Why are poor folks paying more” Through the last 6-weeks, Riders led a campaign to collect over 2,500 signatures in support of three easy #FareEquity policies: 1. Fare Capping (to allow daily/weekly/monthly/yearly bus passes to be paid for one ride at a time) 2. Free Transfers 3. […]
Amazon Passes on Pittsburgh: A Bullet Dodged
Finally, after months of private negotiations over billions of public dollars, Amazon has announced it will pass on Pittsburgh as the location for its second headquarters. It is reported that Pittsburgh’s bid would have given enormous tax incentives and decision-making power over where their tax-dollars would be spent. All without any public input or transparency. That’s […]
labor day 2018
Labor day is an important holiday in Pittsburgh. It is a reminder to those in power that it is people like us who keep the city and county running. Thousands of union members from all over the area marched together in celebration of fights won and in preparation for fights to come. When riders’ unions […]
High service marks for Port Authority
Good news that riders give the Port Authority high marks! But this is important too: “Price seems to be such a sensitive issue for riders that TransPro recommended that the agency do everything it can to avoid raising fares over the next few years. Last year, the agency switched to a flat $2.50 fare for […]
PPT and Put People First joint meeting
On October 23rd Pittsburghers for Public Transit came together with Put People First!- PA for a great event to learn the history of Dr. Martin Luther Kings Poor Peoples Campaign, the last campaign he worked on before his assassination. Put People First! PA is an organization committed to fighting for universal healthcare in PA. […]
Mon-Oakland connector
“Jonah McAllister-Erickson of Pittsburghers for Public Transit said, ‘We probably could use better public transit, but this is not the solution. Micro transit projects have been a complete flop’ in other cities, with low ridership and high operating costs.” http://www.post-gazette.com/…/Proteste…/stories/201807300043