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We’re Building our Dreams Beyond the East Busway: The Homestead to McKeesport Edition.
Riders Show Up to Port Authority’s 837 Corridor Public Engagement Sessions, Help Drive the Rapid Transit Planning Process Forward. Years of planning and organizing from Mon Valley riders on our Beyond the East Busway campaign has led to the identification and prioritization of three key corridors for safer, faster, quality transit infrastructure. All three of […]
New Fare Changes Leave Largest Inequities In Place
New Port Authority Fare Changes Do Not Remove Fare Cost Burden on Low Income and Minority Riders, and Highlight Need for a Low-Income Fare Program Effective January 1st, 2022, the Port Authority will be implementing a rolling pass program that “starts” a weekly or monthly bus pass on the first day of its usage, rather […]
Public Transit is Positioned to Play an Important Role in Mayor-Elect Gainey’s Transition Committees
Public transit advocates have (many) seats at the table as the new Mayoral administration takes office. Monday, December 20th, Mayor-Elect Ed Gainey held a press conference to release his plan for the mayoral transition and announce the members of the committees who are going to help him in that work. Fortunately for those that care […]
New 100 Days Transit Platform Paints Achievable Vision for Incoming Mayor of Pittsburgh
Press Conference to Launch the Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit Platform lays out an ambitious but achievable workplan for the new city administration. On December 16th, riders, workers, and allies rallied in Oakland to launch the Pittsburgh 100 Day Transit Platform for the next Mayor of Pittsburgh. This platform highlights the role that the City of […]
Join us to launch the Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit Platform for the new administration
The new Mayor can afford all residents the freedom to move. Join PPT to release the new Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit Platform. As a new City administration takes office this platform can guide them in refocusing transportation, housing, and land use policy to benefit all Pittsburghers. Press Conference to release the Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit […]
Come Party With Us! 2021 Was a Year of Transit Campaigns Worth Celebrating
In 2021, PPT members brought both the SHELTER and the STORM! Join us to celebrate a year of successful (and hard-fought) transit organizing. In 2021, PPT members brought both the SHELTER and the STORM. This year was hard – the crushing effects of the pandemic, a transit death spiral, a transit funding cliff. Jobs and […]
Public Transit Systems Refocus on Their Core Riders
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In the wake of the pandemic, officials are shifting bus and rail service toward lower-income neighborhoods, while some agencies are eliminating fares.
Pittsburgh to undertake comprehensive Americans with Disabilities Act self-evaluation
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The city of Pittsburgh is seeking “qualified and experienced” firms to assist in developing a comprehensive Americans with Disabilities Act Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan. A...
Polish Hill, Bloomfield get nod as Pittsburgh's next inclusionary zones
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If Pittsburgh City Council concurs, Polish Hill and Bloomfield would join Lawrenceville as neighborhoods in which all new housing would have to include affordable units.
Public Transit Systems Refocus on Their Core Riders
www.wired.com
In the wake of the pandemic, officials are shifting bus and rail service toward lower-income neighborhoods, while some agencies are eliminating fares.