Port Authority’s board approved transit-oriented development guidelines as well as changes to their fare policy today.
We are really excited that riders in Zone 2 will soon be paying $2.50! However, we are still concerned about the elimination of paper transfers and the implementation of a cash surcharge without the proper infrastructure that makes ConnectCards easily accessible and re-loadable.
We are also concerned about the disproportionate affect these changes might have on low-income riders.
PPT supports that Port Authority has approved TOD guidelines but insists that affordable housing be a requirement in any development near good transit.
Press coverage:
Port Authority: No more free buses, zones, cash on trains
Port Authority of Allegheny County board to vote on fare changes tomorrow