Press Conference to Launch the Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit Platform lays out an ambitious but achievable workplan for the new city administration.
On December 16th, riders, workers, and allies rallied in Oakland to launch the Pittsburgh 100 Day Transit Platform for the next Mayor of Pittsburgh. This platform highlights the role that the City of Pittsburgh plays in ensuring that all residents have access to quality, accessible transit, and puts forward a list of 18 priority actions that Mayor-Elect Gainey can pursue in his first 100 days.
The press conference included a packed list of passionate speakers spoke on the key categories of the 100 Days Platform during the press conference, ranging from building affordable housing next to frequent transit corridors to relocating abandoned bus shelters, to current routes and fixing broken sidewalks.
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In the City of Pittsburgh, Bus Lines Are Lifelines
With the dawn of a new mayoral administration, all of us have the opportunity to make history and immediately improve the experience for riders. PPT’s 100 Days Transit Policy Platform is about getting folks where they need to go and ensuring that our neighbors can safely travel to a bus stop without fear of mobility limitations. Local transit initiatives have the power to map Pittsburgh’s future cityscape while also improving housing equity and creating economic growth for all residents. As Executive Director Laura Chu Wiens stated “Public transit is essential for a healthy, economically robust, equitable, sustainable, world-class city…We have this incredible asset in this robust public transit system in our City, which leads to enormous and demonstrable benefits in reductions in congestion, improvements in public health, transportation cost savings for households.” It is past time for the City of Pittsburgh to do its’ part to make this future a reality.
Thank you once again to Bill McDowell, Teireik Williams, Kevin Joa, Pastor Love, Ms. Saundra Cole, and Rev. Sally Jo Snyder who shared their stories.
Be a part of this historic moment for transit and support the Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit Platform by clicking here, listen to Laura’s interview with the Confluence on WESA, and follow us on social media @Pgh4PubTransit for updates as we countdown to day 100!
Check out the news coverage of the Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit Platform launch:
- Advocates urge Gainey to take decisive action on transit in his first 100 days by Margaret J Krauss of WESA
- ‘We can’t miss this unique opportunity’: Civic groups push Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Ed Gainey to make public transit a top priority by Ed Blazina of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Pittsburghers for Public Transit wants to shape Ed Gainey’s goals for infrastructure, development by Kevin Galvin of WESA
- Advocates unveil Pittsburgh city transit platform to improve sidewalks, development, and more by Ryan Deto of City Paper
- Proponents Announce Pittsburgh City Transit Platform to Improve Sidewalks, Development, etc. | News | Pittsburgh by Ryan Deto of Pennsylvania News Today
- Local transportation advocates asking Mayor-Elect Ed Gainey to make major changes to Pittsburgh transportation system by Shelby Cassesse of KDKA Radio.
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