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PRESS RELEASE: 100+ Transit Riders & Workers Kick-off Transit for All PA! Platform in Harrisburg
PRESS RELEASE: Over a Hundred PA Transit Riders and Workers Rally in Harrisburg to Launch the Transit for All PA! Platform, Calling for Fully-Funded Transit to Meet the Needs of Workers and the Economy Media Contacts: Laura Chu Wiens, Executive Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit and member of Governor Wolf’s Transportation Revenue Options Commission (703) 424-0854 […]
New ‘Transit for All PA!’ campaign is heating up – here’s 5 ways you can take action!
Its time to build transit that moves all Pennsylvanians! Rally planned in Harrisburg on June 29th! Transit can be transformational for Pennsylvania. But the clock is running out for PA’s transit riders, workers, and systems. The state’s major transit funding bill is set to expire in 2022. Without decisive action, PA will lose the transit […]
PPT Meets With Secretary Buttigieg About Increasing Service & Affordable Fares
PPT Member Lisa Gonzalez speaks to Secretary Buttigieg about how building back better means investment in more transit service and affordable fares Carrick resident and long-time PPT Board Member Ms. Lisa Gonzalez traveled to Washington DC for a recorded conversation with US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about the need to invest in increased transit […]
Join the PPT Team: We’re Hiring for a Community Organizer!
Pittsburghers for Public Transit, a project of The Thomas Merton Center, is a grassroots organization of public transit riders, workers, and residents who defend and expand public transit. We are seeking a full-time community organizer to start in Summer 2021! The community organizer will work out of our Garfield office, but may work part-time remotely. […]
Testifiers Demand Port Authority Go Further With New Fare Recommendations
Public comment period closes on Port Authority’s new fare proposal. Dozens speak up for further change. Last month Port Authority proposed three changes to their fare policy: An increase in the base fare to $2.75 for those paying with CONNECT card stored value. Free Transfers for 3 Hours for those paying with CONNECT card stored […]
PPT Coordinating Committee Election Season 2021: Nominate Fellow Organizers to Lead PPT
Join the core team to coordinate the direction of Pittsburghers for Public Transit. Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots, democratic, member-led organization that fights for public transit as a human right. PPT’s Coordinating Committee is the equivalent of our board of directors. We are looking for people who understand the importance of our work […]
Join the team! PPT is hiring a full-time community organizer! - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org
September 21st, 2022 Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots nonprofit organization of public transit riders, workers, and residents who defend and expand public transit. We are seeking a f...
Allegheny County to test drive a discount transportation program
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Officials announced a pilot project today to see how reduced transit costs could affect county residents.
Join the team! PPT is hiring a full-time community organizer! - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org
September 21st, 2022 Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots nonprofit organization of public transit riders, workers, and residents who defend and expand public transit. We are seeking a f...
Census snapshot shows Pittsburgh poverty has jumped 5% over past 2 years
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One in five Pittsburgh residents lived in poverty in 2021, a 5% increase from two years prior, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau found. An estimated...
See the New Service Adjustments to PRT Schedules Q3 2022 - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org
Link to Port Authority’s list of upcoming service changes. This month’s changes are less severe than the last two quarters (where service was cut more than 6%), so we’re grateful. However, we’...