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PPT Coordinating Committee Elections 2021
Overview Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots, democratic, member-led organization that fights for racial justice and public transit as a human right. Each July, the organization holds elections for its membership to elect a slate of candidates to serve for two years on the Coordinating Committee. The Coordinating Committee is PPT’s equivalent to a […]
Transit for All PA! Campaign Kicks-off With a 100 Transit Riders & Workers Rally in Harrisburg
On Tuesday, June 29th, more than 100 transit riders, transit workers and allies in the Transit for All PA! coalition convened on the Capitol steps to kick off the fight for a dedicated $1.65 billion dollars in annual funding for Pennsylvania public transit. Residents of Johnstown, Scranton, Lancaster, Harrisburg, York, State College, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia travelled hundreds […]
PRESS RELEASE: 100+ Transit Riders & Workers Kick-off Transit for All PA! Platform in Harrisburg
PRESS RELEASE: Over a Hundred PA Transit Riders and Workers Rally in Harrisburg to Launch the Transit for All PA! Platform, Calling for Fully-Funded Transit to Meet the Needs of Workers and the Economy Media Contacts: Laura Chu Wiens, Executive Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit and member of Governor Wolf’s Transportation Revenue Options Commission (703) 424-0854 […]
New ‘Transit for All PA!’ campaign is heating up – here’s 5 ways you can take action!
Its time to build transit that moves all Pennsylvanians! Rally planned in Harrisburg on June 29th! Transit can be transformational for Pennsylvania. But the clock is running out for PA’s transit riders, workers, and systems. The state’s major transit funding bill is set to expire in 2022. Without decisive action, PA will lose the transit […]
PPT Meets With Secretary Buttigieg About Increasing Service & Affordable Fares
PPT Member Lisa Gonzalez speaks to Secretary Buttigieg about how building back better means investment in more transit service and affordable fares Carrick resident and long-time PPT Board Member Ms. Lisa Gonzalez traveled to Washington DC for a recorded conversation with US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about the need to invest in increased transit […]
Join the PPT Team: We’re Hiring for a Community Organizer!
Pittsburghers for Public Transit, a project of The Thomas Merton Center, is a grassroots organization of public transit riders, workers, and residents who defend and expand public transit. We are seeking a full-time community organizer to start in Summer 2021! The community organizer will work out of our Garfield office, but may work part-time remotely. […]
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At the second of two public hearings on Pittsburgh’s allocation of the $335 million in American Rescue Plan money it is receiving — despite...
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Avoiding layoffs and restoring jobs. Home ownership loans for lower-income buyers. New street lights in neglected neighborhoods. These are a few of the larger line items in Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Pedu...
The pandemic showed that buses still matter. Can changes be made to make them better serve riders?
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Part of a series Lisa Gonzalez is probably as public transit dependent as anyone could be. The 54-year-old Carrick grandmother is disabled with...