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Labor Day Parade Action For Public Transit!

Labor Day Parade Action For Public Transit!Monday, Sept 2, 9-11:30 a.m.Meet at Freedom Corner (Centre and Crawford Avenues in the Hill District) Please join a broad-based coalition of public transit advocates to lobby for public transit before and during Pittsburgh’s Labor Day Parade! We will distribute leaflets with key information and contact information to call […]

Community-Wide Meeting to Plan Defense of Public Transit

Saturday, August 17 at 10am One Smithfield St, Human Services Building Downtown Pittsburgh  You’re invited to attend a community-wide meeting to plan our fall actions to defend our public transportation.  At the meeting, we will discuss:  New PPT neighborhood chapters have launched this month. We’ll consider how we can build wider support for their upcoming […]

Neighborhood Chapters begin to launch

Because PA Senate Bill 1 to fund transportation failed to pass, and because we have little confirmed current information about public transit funding over the next two years, at our last General Membership meeting on July 20th,  Pittsburghers for Public Transit resolved to build chapters committees and networks in neighborhoods that will be impacted by […]

MASS MEETING TO PLAN FALL ACTIONS FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT

Our state legislature did not pass a transportation bill which would have sustained public transit. So, we are again facing truly devastating cuts to Port Authority routes and service in the next few upcoming years. We must act decisively – too much damage will be done to our economy and our communities if we lose […]

JOIN PITTSBURGHERS FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE FIGHT TO DEFEND AND EXPAND OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT LIFELINES! IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT: PUBLIC TRANSIT FUNDING IN DANGER. The state legislature must pass public transit funding this year, or we will face big cuts in routes and service next year. We have less that two weeks before the budget is […]

General Membership Meeting on June 15

You’re invited to join us for our monthly General Membership Meeting on Saturday, June 15th from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Allegheny County Human Services Building, One Smithfield St, in downtown Pittsburgh. This month we’ll be in the Homestead Grays conference room on the ground floor. Here’s the agenda:  Discussion of Transportation Senate Bills 1 and Senate […]