Port Authority: Make Our Fares Fair! These three fare policies will make a more equitable, high-performing system:
1. Equal Cash & Cashless Fares
2. Free Transfers
3. Fare Capping
If you agree, sign on to our petition here: goo.gl/bPM7u7
With our partners Just Harvest and Mon Valley Initiative.
"The technology industry’s marketers can mix these issues together, dangling an electric, autonomous future before the citizenry, but if their vision hasn’t solved the problem of sharing space, it is not a vision of a functional, inclusive city. They will try everything else first, but in the end, the only solution will be the bus."
theatlantic.com
Ride-shares aren’t the most efficient way to move lots of people around cities.Need a bus route? It might just be as easy as asking. Port Authority of Allegheny County Service Requests are due by the end of the month.
portauthority.org
Port Authority strives to provide quality transit service in a manner that is efficient, effective and equitable.WHOOP WHOOP! Pittsburgh & Port Authority of Allegheny County get a shoutout! Now it’s time to EXTEND the East Busway so we can continue to lead the way in BRT!
“Pittsburgh was way ahead of the game with bus rapid transit. The city launched its South Busway — a road built exclusively for buses — three years after Transmilenio opened in 1977.” ....
“But they are still powerful people movers today and may help explain why Pittsburgh continues to outperform peer cities on transit commuting. The South Busway carries about 5,000 daily rides on the bus routes it serves, according to the Port Authority of Allegheny County. Meanwhile, the East Busway is the biggest people mover, carrying about 12,000, ridership that rivals Pittsburgh’s Red Line light rail.”
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