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Port Authority proposes extending routes to transit deserts!

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** May 21, 2015 Contact: Molly Nichols Pittsburghers for Public Transit molly@pittsburghforpublictransit.org (412) 216-9659 Community voices heard as Port Authority proposes extending routes to transit deserts Port Authority presented their preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 7/2015-7/2016 to the Board’s Planning and Stakeholder Relations Committee this morning. It includes 3.7 million dollars for adding […]

Public meetings on transit between Downtown and neighborhoods East

Next week, the City is hosting public meetings to discuss proposed transit improvements and community development between Downtown and Oakland. This is an important opportunity for transit riders, transit workers, and residents to share ideas, concerns, and questions. Here is the invitation from the city, and this link provides more information: The City of Pittsburgh […]

Pittsburghers for Public Transit supports the Fight for 15!

Fast food workers and other low wage workers are going on strike today (4/15) to demand 15 dollars an hour and a union. Many of these workers are transit riders. They all deserve a living wage and respect on the job. Let’s lift up neighborhoods and families across our city and increase the wages of […]

Join us for Stand Up for Transportation Day

Join us on Thursday April 9th as we Stand Up for Transportation! Groups from across the country are calling on Congress to pass a federal transportation bill, with adequate funding for public transit, biking, and walking. If we do not act now, the funding will run out at the end of May. On April 9th, we encourage you […]

Join us for Stand Up for Transportation Day!

Join us on Thursday April 9th as we Stand Up for Transportation! Groups from across the country are calling on Congress to pass a federal transportation bill, with adequate funding for public transit, biking, and walking. If we do not act now, the funding will run out at the end of May. On April 9th, […]