PPT Blog

Image Description: a red PRT bus under a dark overpass at night, with its headlights on and ramp extended. To the right is white text reading “We need service that serves us: PRT’s annual service report fails to acknowledge ridership, reliability crises”, decorated with a red starburst. We deserve a transit system worth fighting for. […]

Transit for All PA Coalition Denounces State Budget that Fails to Address Mobility Needs for Pennsylvania Residents Today transit riders, workers and advocates denounce the legislature’s abject failure to raise new revenue and pass a budget to meet the mobility needs of communities across all 67 counties in the Commonwealth. No budget is complete without addressing […]

Image Description: an illustrated Pittsburgh skyline at night, in deep purple and blue with yellow lights. The night sky is deep purple with a lighter purple illustration of Pittsburgh’s three rivers. Above the skyline is handwritten light yellow text reading “PPT’s 2025 Year End Member Drive: Building new constellations of power”, decorated with yellow and […]

Image Description: white text on a dark purple background reads “PPT’s Year End Transit Justice Victory Party”, with the PPT logo below. The graphic is illustrated with yellow star-shaped lights strung across the top of the frame We’ve accomplished so much this year, all in service of new transit rider and worker power. Party down […]

PPT’s new Organizing Fellowship in the South Hilltop Communities is building new leaders to grow our movement and win better transit service. In October, PPT launched a new organizing fellowship in the South Hilltop. With generous help from multiple organizations including the Hilltop Alliance, Brashear Association, Ms. Charlene Saner and Councilman Anthony Coghill’s office, PPT […]

Community organizing gets the goods!! When a corporate property owner tried to remove important bus stops, more than 1500 riders spoke up to demand better – and won! Besides Downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland, two of the busiest bus stops in our system are out front of the Giant Eagle and Target in Homestead. It was […]