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PAAC moves to farelsss transit + rear door boarding amid Covid-19 outbreak
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Dan Yablonsky, Communications Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit (551) 206-3320, dan@pittsburghforpublictransit.org Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) applauds Port Authority’s recent decision to protect the health and safety of front-line transit workers, by having riders board through the rear-doors and by implementing a fareless transit policy. Since Saturday, more than 315 riders […]
Covid-19 Resource Lists, and a Moment for Transformation
As the Covid-19 outbreak spreads through our communities, we are seeing firsthand how years of disinvestment, defunding, and deregulation are leaving our neighbors struggling to find the essentials they need: transportation, food, housing, healthcare, education, and more. This struggle is real, and our communities are coming together to support each other through our moment of […]
Join the SWPA Covid19 Community Response Phonebank to support our neighbors
Join PPT to connect with our neighbors and make sure their needs are met during this time of Covid-19 The Covid-19 outbreak has laid bare the longer-term crisis of poverty and inequality in our country. Now, more than ever, we need protections for the 140million poor and dispossessed people in the U.S., not billions in […]
Transit Rider’s Open Letter: Transit Still Moves Our City
Public transit = healthcare, food access, jobs. COVID-19 must not threaten our system. Pittsburghers for Public Transit is joining transit riders across Pennsylvania and the nation to call on our elected representatives to pass a robust transit stimulus package. We need to protect and expand our public transit system during these challenging times so that we […]
Port Authority’s Q1 Service Adjustments, with comment from @PGH_Bus_Info Hotline
Each quarter the Port Authority adjusts its transit schedules and routes to account for rider’s requests, ridership shifts, construction, road closures and/or all of the other unexpected hiccups that might affect Pittsburgh roads. Additionally, Port Authority’s new Bus Stop Consolidation program aims to eliminate 20-30% of stops in the entire system. PPT’s feelings about this […]
New Graphic Novel Series on the Future of Transit Justice
PPT members are creating a graphic novel series on transit justice, and we want you to join in PPT Members are planning big things for our March General Meeting. Together we’re creating a Transit Justice Graphic Novel series. The first topic will be on #FairFares. How will the world be different when we have organized […]
This is what solidarity looks like. Rest in Power, George Floyd. ❤️✊❤️ www.vice.com/en_us/article/bv8zaw/minneapolis-bus-drivers-refuse-to-transport-george-floyd-protes...
Minneapolis Bus Drivers Refuse to Transport George Floyd Protesters to Jail
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Organized labor throughout the city is banding together in solidarity against police violence in the aftermath of Floyd’s death.This is an enormous step towards expanding equitable public transit to communities beyond the East Busway. Huge shoutout to all the rider advocates who spoke up for a more equitable BRT plan, and the Port Authority for doing the right thing. www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2020/05/28/Port-Authority-100-million-federal-funding-Bu...
Port Authority gets $100M in federal funding for Oakland-Downtown rapid transit project
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Port Authority received the final financial piece it needed late Thursday to move ahead on the Bus Rapid Transit project between Oakland and Downtown Pittsburgh:...We must protect essential transit riders and workers. PPT members raised money to get 1,100 masks to transit riders. Sign-up to help us distribute them.https://www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org/sign-up-to-get-masks-to-fellow-transit-riders/
Sign-up to Get Masks to Fellow Transit Riders - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
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Transit is more important than ever. We need 50 volunteers to help PPT distribute masks to essential transit riders. Earlier this month, PPT members raised money to purchase 1,100 masks for essential ...Fares must be lowered, now more than ever. www.publicsource.org/ridership-down-cleaning-costs-up-port-authority-navigates-financial-hurdles-...
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As the COVID-19 pandemic has eviscerated transit ridership around the country, it’s left many concerned about the financial health of transit agencies. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says it..."We keep the cities moving. We keep the economies moving. We keep the front lines moving. But we need to be protected. We didn't sign up to die when we took these jobs." - John Costa, President of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
Sign ATU's petition now to help push transit worker safety: bit.ly/safeservicenow