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“Charting a New Course for Urban Mobility”, PolicyLink Chimes Into PGH’s AV Conversation
It did not take much time for Pittsburghers for Public Transit to come to a decision about who to invite to write a forward to the organization’s new Literature Review on the impact of Autonomous Vehicle technology, “Wait, Whos Driving This Thing?: Bringing the Public to the Autonomous Vehicle Table”. Anita Cozart, Senior Director at […]
PGH Residents Makes it Known, They Need To Be Part of the City’s Driverless Tech Conversation
On Thursday, July 18th, more than 70 residents from Hazelwood, the Run, Panther Hollow, and the surrounding communities made it known: the public wants to be included in the City’s decisions about driverless vehicle technology on their public streets with their public money. The high turnout at PPT’s first forum on driverless vehicle technology shows […]
“Wait, Who’s Driving This Thing?” PPT’s New Lit Review & Position Paper On Driverless Vehicles
In the three years since driverless vehicles have been tested in real-life on Pittsburgh streets, the City has not hosted a single opportunity for residents to learn more about the technology’s impacts or decide if unproven AV solutions are worthy of public investment. Yet, the City of Pittsburgh has moved forward with earmarking millions of […]
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 […]
Check out this BEAUTIFUL video elegy by Dean Bog about the Four Mile Run neighborhood and their campaign to ensure public money goes to community transportation priorities, rather than the Mon-Oakland Connector roadway!
"The Run is a great place to raise your kids. This is the perfect family-oriented place. All you guys who stood downtown and fought for a cause so that the highway wouldn't run through here - I mean they're still trying to do it now. They're trying to run it through here and make it a business area. You just can't do that. I mean look at our houses. You can't find a secret like this. Even the pizza man still gets lost when he's looking for the place!"
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NEIGHBORHOODS OF PITTSBURGH - THE RUN
READ THE PLAN AND SIGN THE PETITION TO HELP THE RUN : actionnetwork.org/petitions/our-money-our-solutions SUPPORT THIS SHOW BY SHARING THIS VIDEO! TH...Sign this petition to call for the Mon-Oakland communities’ pedestrian, transit, and bike priorities to be funded and implemented:
🚶🏾🚲🚌 bit.ly/OurMoneyOurSolutions 🚌🚲🚶🏼♀️
Our neighbors know how to improve mobility for our communities. We’ve put solutions forward for years. Time and time again, we’re told there's no money to turn those plans into reality. Now, a multi-million dollar mobility project is being pushed forward instead of our communities' solutions.
It’s time our public money and officials support these priorities.
Sign the Petition: Our Money. Our Solutions.
I support a community-generated alternative to the Mon-Oakland Connector mobility project.Sign this petition to call for the Mon-Oakland communities’ pedestrian, transit, and bike priorities to be funded and implemented:
🚶🏾🚲🚌 bit.ly/OurMoneyOurSolutions 🚌🚲🚶🏼♀️
Our neighbors know how to improve mobility for our community. We’ve put solutions forward for years. Time and time again, we’ve been told that there is no money to make those plans a reality. Yet, a multi-million dollar mobility project is now being pushed forward instead of our communities' solutions.
It’s time our public money and officials support these priorities.
We celebrate all the amazing advocates who struggled for years so that our full community can benefit from this investment. THANK YOU for your leadership. We'll always have your back. ow.ly/fX8Q50xcWH8
Proposed BRT system between Oakland and Downtown Pittsburgh moving to final design
Port Authority acknowledges Bus Rapid Transit plans from Oakland and Downtown Pittsburgh are behind schedule but says changes are positive."...the world promised by autonomous cars is still a world full of cars. To the extent that the world’s roads and cities remain shaped around the worship of smooth car traffic flow, the laws of physics will continue to make them dangerous places for everyone, especially those not protected by a steel frame and airbags."
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Collision course: why are cars killing more and more pedestrians?
The long read: For drivers, roads are safer than ever – but for people on foot, they are getting deadlier. Car companies and Silicon Valley claim that they have the solution. But is that too good to...