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2nd Baldwin Community Meeting, Wed July 9th
The Baldwin campaign to restore service is really moving! On June 27th, 4 Baldwin residents spoke at the Port Authority board meeting about the need for transit service. Additional residents were present to show their support. Board Chair Bob Hurley acknowledged that he had received many letters. See Trib article here. A delegation of residents […]
Materials from the Baldwin Community Meeting 6/18/14
Did you miss our community meeting in Baldwin last night, but still want to be clued into the campaign? Or, do you want to share some of the materials we distributed with friends, family, and neighbors? Now you can! Seventy residents met last night and agreed to two immediate plans of action: 1) A letter-writing […]
Community Meeting on Public Transportation in Baldwin
PPT will be helping to facilitate a community meeting with the residents of Baldwin to talk about the borough’s transit needs and steps that can be taken to help improve and restore service. See all the details below and help us to publicize by distributing the attached poster to your friends and neighbors! Community Meeting […]
PPT joins the ATU for Transit Action Month!
On Tuesday, May 20, members of PPT and the ATU’s Local 85 joined transit supporters from around the country in our nation’s capitol to call for federal transportation funding. The rally and lobby day was organized by the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Transit Workers’ Union as a part of their Transit Action Month campaign. […]
PAAC’s ULI Panel and MindMixer Forum
PPT was happy to be invited to present this morning to PAAC’s Urban Land Institute advisory panel on the future of our transit system. We told them about us and our Transit Bill of Rights and suggested that PAAC sign onto it. What would it look like for Port Authority to join us in affirming […]
PPT Brings the Community Transit Survey to Baldwin!
Twenty-one PPT volunteers, including eleven Port Authority riders and ten drivers, took to the streets of Baldwin on Saturday, May 10 to see if residents wanted their bus back and if they were willing to take action to get it, and the answer to both was a resounding “yes.” We surveyed over 300 people in […]