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Welcome to our new Statewide Campaign Manager, Connor Descheemaker!
PPT welcomes Connor Descheemaker to our team as the Statewide Campaign Manager for Transit For All PA. For over a decade, PPT has been a democratic member-led organization that fights for change in our community. We have won campaigns for improved bus service, fare accessibility, affordable housing, and transit equity. These successes are fueled by […]
Tell Gov Shapiro: TRANSIT M♥VES US!
We’re Ready for a Budget that Moves Us! On February 4th, Rosa Parks’ birth date, we’re calling on Governor Shapiro to lay out a funding plan for the transit we deserve. Thank you Governor Shapiro for hearing our call to flex funding and save SEPTA. Now it’s time for you to put transit first, and […]
NEW TOOLS: DIY Commute Calculator for Bus Line Redesign
New Commute Calculator tool From Our Research Committee Helps Riders See How Trips Will Be Impacted by Draft 1.0 of the Bus Line Redesign Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) is proposing a significant Bus Line Redesign that could dramatically change how transit riders travel across the County. We think it’s very important that transit riders have […]
NEW TOOLS to Evaluate Draft 1.0 of PRT’s Bus Line Redesign & See Biggest Changes
PPT Research Committee Launches New Community Evaluation & DIY Tools to Understand Impacts of Draft 1.0 of Bus Line Redesign We at Pittsburghers for Public Transit are organizing for a Busline Redesign that Works for All, and to do that, we know that it is very important for transit riders to be able to understand […]
PPT’s Year of Victories!
What a year it’s been! I’m so proud of everything Pittsburghers for Public Transit achieved in 2024, especially given the challenges we faced. And we did it all thanks to our members. That’s PPT’s special sauce: we’re not just a public service organization, we’re a grassroots union of transit riders, workers, and neighbors here in […]
Tell the State: Public Transit Should Be Our FIRST Option, No Matter Where We Live!
My name is Marcus McKnight. I’m a bus driver in Philadelphia and I co-founded the Philly Transit Riders Union. Are you wondering why I’m chiming in for Pittsburghers for Public Transit? Well let me tell you! Pittsburghers for Public Transit helps lead the statewide Transit for All PA! Campaign, which is organizing AND WINNING resources […]