PPT Blog

Whether you live in McKeesport or McKees Rocks, the Hill District or the South Hills, our public transit system needs to work for everyone. Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) will soon close their community engagement period for the second draft of their Bus Line Redesign (BLR). The redesign proposes a completely redrawn map of where transit […]

Image Description: photo of Downtown Pittsburgh taped on a paper background, with stickers of a football and a red PRT bus. New data shows that transit was the star of the NFL Draft—here’s what we learned (and how we can use it to win better transit in the future)!

These communities will lose all service with the Bus Line Refresh proposal – RSVP by 5/27 for your final chance to give feedback on the plan Whether you live in McKeesport or McKees Rocks, the Hill District or the South Hills, our public transit system needs to work for everyone. Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) will […]

PPT Members are invited to join the leadership team to coordinate the strategic direction of Pittsburghers for Public Transit. Nominations open until July 5th. Voting open from July 8th to August 12th. Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots union of transit riders, transit workers and neighbors. We fight for a public transit system that […]

Image Description: a glowy, collaged picture of Ren Finkel, a light-skinned person in dark clothes and round glasses standing against a brick wall in the sunshine. At the end of 2025, the PPT Board decided to open a new staff position for a Digital Organizer – Data Lead. The Data Lead role would help the […]

Image Description: PPT members highlighted in yellow, on a glowy background of a bus stop on a summer day. Bust out those cell phones and lace up those sneakers!  Transit riders in Pittsburgh want more bus shelters, better bus stop amenities and connected sidewalks that take us to and from where we need to go! […]