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Bringing the Public to the Autonomous Vehicle Table
Pittsburghers deserve a public conversation about driverless vehicles in our city. Pittsburghers for Public Transit believes that residents are long-overdue for a public conversation about the autonomous vehicles that have been roaming our streets for the last three years. There are now five different companies testing their technology in our neighborhoods and millions of tax-payer […]
Organizing Fellows Lead Beyond the East Busway Outreach
PPT is ecstatic to announce that the 1st cohort of Beyond the East Busway Fellows has been trained and is currently leading campaign outreach in the Mon Valley and eastern suburbs. These 8 talented organizers all have deep connections to these communities. They personally understand the importance of transit and are ready to build a […]
Media Roundup: Beyond the East Busway
Pittsburgh media was eager to cover the release of PPT’s new Beyond the East Busway participatory transit planning tool. Within hours, 5 local outlets had covered the release and dozens of people had completed the tool. We’re encouraged to have this coverage. This grassroots participation is what we need to drive transit expansion in our […]
Beyond the East Busway Tool is Live!
On Wednesday, June 25th, Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) launched a grassroots planning tool for transit riders and residents to envision better public transit for the Mon Valley and Eastern Suburbs. This innovative transit mapping tool, entitled Beyond the East Busway, emerges from the belief that those most impacted by planning decisions are best-suited to […]
Got a mailing list? PPT’s new Organizing Fellowship is for you
Got a mailing list? Or an organization? Help us help you and spread the word about the new Organizing Fellowship! As they say – help us help you! PPT’s Fellowship is a great opportunity for your own organization. Send your constituents through PPT’s Fellowship and equip them with skills to push your own issues forward. […]
Three Port Authority Board Members Join PPT Bus Ride-Along
PPT has been inviting members of the Port Authority Board of Directors to ride the bus with the drivers and riders who interact with the system day in and day out. These riders and operators are the unsung experts of our transit system, and they need to be brought to the table if we’re going […]
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! 💙💙
Today is a good day to reflect on the tragedies of colonialism and white supremacy.
Our country's economic system is *still* benefiting off of a legacy of stolen land and stolen peoples.
So today, honor indigenous lives.
And tomorrow, fight for indigenous sovereignty.
From the Editorial Board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Analyzing bus stops throughout the county to improve performance is good housekeeping. But the Port Authority cannot rely on internal data alone to make its decision."
~25% of bus stops are being cut on the 16 and 51, the 13, 15, 17, 19L, 48, 51L, 54, 55, 59, Y46, Y47, Y49 will also be affected. See PAAC's plan and give your input here: www.portauthority.org/busstop
Make time for the public: Port Authority needs meetings on proposed stop cuts
Making time to hear the concerns of the public should not be a particularly big ask of the Port Authority."Silicon Valley companies are selling the idea of escape to those who can afford it—often at the direct expense of those who can’t."
The answer for wide-spread, equitable, environmentally sustainable transportation will always be public transit.
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Inequality Is Slowing Cities to a Crawl
As big cities face a mobility crisis, tech companies are selling wealthy urbanites on the fantasy of escaping it.Edited: Love and solidarity to our academic sisters and brothers at Tech for Society and the other students that attended, fighting against the software company Palantir, and insisting that Carnegie Mellon University not aid ICE in their immoral deportations of undocumented families! Special shoutout to the protest organizer and PPT member Bonnie Fan, and JoĂŁo Martins! www.wesa.fm/post/software-companys-recruitment-visit-cmu-met-protestors?fbclid=IwAR3f_Mtynjd57A9s...
Software Company's Recruitment Visit To CMU Met By Protestors
Students protested at Carnegie Mellon University Wednesday against a campus recruitment visit by software company Palantir. The business contracts with U.SWe need policies that tie affordable housing to good transit. With the zoning commission and city planning, with the URA, with the Housing Authorities, and with the Port Authority. And we need them NOW:
"For Constancetein Evans, a recent move to Wilmerding brought both obstacles and benefits.
She’s able to afford her own apartment in the borough southeast of Pittsburgh. She sees that as a better environment for her children than subsidized housing on North Side.
But she’s limited by transit. Getting to a food bank is more difficult. And she relies on a network of bus routes to get to work as a home health caregiver.
“I still struggle,” said Evans, 39. “I don’t live in the city of Pittsburgh. I’m not in Homewood, I’m not in East Liberty, I’m not in Garfield, I’m not in Point Breeze or any of the areas where you can get help.” www.publicsource.org/in-the-mon-valley-public-transit-limitations-are-felt-by-residents-whove-lef...