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Make sure YOU are counted in the 2020 census
Public Transit relies on you taking the census! Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) has joined the Keystone Counts Coalition to help ensure a fair and accurate count of the upcoming 2020 census, which is data that guides many decisions for the upcoming decade. There is a lot at stake in this Census, and historically-marginalized communities […]
PAAC moves to farelsss transit + rear door boarding amid Covid-19 outbreak
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Dan Yablonsky, Communications Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit (551) 206-3320, dan@pittsburghforpublictransit.org Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) applauds Port Authority’s recent decision to protect the health and safety of front-line transit workers, by having riders board through the rear-doors and by implementing a fareless transit policy. Since Saturday, more than 315 riders […]
Covid-19 Resource Lists, and a Moment for Transformation
As the Covid-19 outbreak spreads through our communities, we are seeing firsthand how years of disinvestment, defunding, and deregulation are leaving our neighbors struggling to find the essentials they need: transportation, food, housing, healthcare, education, and more. This struggle is real, and our communities are coming together to support each other through our moment of […]
Join the SWPA Covid19 Community Response Phonebank to support our neighbors
Join PPT to connect with our neighbors and make sure their needs are met during this time of Covid-19 The Covid-19 outbreak has laid bare the longer-term crisis of poverty and inequality in our country. Now, more than ever, we need protections for the 140million poor and dispossessed people in the U.S., not billions in […]
Transit Rider’s Open Letter: Transit Still Moves Our City
Public transit = healthcare, food access, jobs. COVID-19 must not threaten our system. Pittsburghers for Public Transit is joining transit riders across Pennsylvania and the nation to call on our elected representatives to pass a robust transit stimulus package. We need to protect and expand our public transit system during these challenging times so that we […]
Port Authority’s Q1 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. Additionally, Port Authority’s new Bus Stop Consolidation program aims to eliminate 20-30% of stops in the entire system. PPT’s feelings about this […]
Times are hard, but Port Authority has to increase service on its most crowded routes - for the safety of its riders and drivers: ow.ly/dMyV50z3ej1
🚨🚨IF YOU ARE STIll RIDING TRANSIT please take our survey. Help us advocate for safe conditions: bit.ly/Covid19Transit
Despite low ridership, Port Authority may have to add buses to maintain distancing
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Ridership is down about 75%, but some trips have enough riders that it is difficult to keep a safe distance from others .We need an accurate census count in Allegheny County-- it will determine how much money we get in state and federal funding for all sorts of critical programs including public transit, education and healthcare, for the next decade! It just takes ten minutes, and is completely confidential. You can call 844-467-2020, or fill it out online at my2020census.gov. #EverybodyCounts #CensusChallenge #igotcounted #KeystoneCounts
Taking the Census is ACTIVISM. #CensusDayofAction #KeystoneCounts #2020Census #CountMeIn #Censo2020
Port Authority gets over $28MILLION from the Census results. Do your part & get your community vital resources & representation: ow.ly/a2Ub50z1C0r
Make sure YOU are counted in the 2020 census - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
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Public Transit relies on you taking the census! Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) has joined the Keystone Counts Coalition to help ensure a fair and accurate count of the upcoming 2020 census, wh...April 1st is #NationalCensusDay of Action. Spread the word, inviting others to participate, so we can have fair political representation and adequate funding for public transit and other community needs. #KeystoneCounts #CountMeIn
TAKE YOUR CENSUS HERE: ow.ly/lE2u50z1Cch
Celebrate the frontline transit workers who are moving us past this crisis - and provide them the protections and compensation they deserve. ow.ly/k5CX50z1lJB
Transit workers are heroes, too — and we need to get them protected
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Oliver Cyrus, Garrett Goble, Peter Petrassi, Anil Subba — four New York City transportation workers, all dead last week amid the coronavirus pandemic that has swept Gotham. The deaths are a remind...