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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 […]
Organizations and Residents Call for Holistic Public Process on Driverless Vehicles
For three years, City leaders have made the decision to subsidize the development of Autonomous Vehicle Technology – through the use of our roadways as a test track, through the blushing pride with which our city advertises itself as a tech hub without any regulatory framework, through the $23 million new road to accommodate an […]
Nominate advocates to join PPT’s Coordinating Committee
Join the core team of people who coordinate the direction of PPT PPT’s Coordinating Committee is the equivalent of our board of directors. We are looking for people who understand the importance of our work and are looking to get more involved in directing the course of our campaigns, communications, and actions. Structure and Expectations […]
Application Open! PPT Launches New Organizing Fellowship
Who are we PITTSBURGHERS FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT (PPT) is a grassroots organization of transit riders, transit workers, and residents, mobilizing for equitable, affordable, and sustainable public transit. What we do In 2018 PPT launched our Riders Vision for Public Transit. The ‘Riders Vision’ was created by dozens of transit riders and operators from across Allegheny […]
New Video: Ride public transit? You can make it better.
Hey Pittsburgh! You’re an expert in public transit, and you know how to make it better. Share your comments, ideas & questions about Port Authority and we’ll bring them with us when we ride the bus 1 on 1 with Port Authority Board Members. Bus running late?Any input on fares?Got a favorite bus driver? Leave […]
Call for a full and proper public process around autonomous vehicles
PPT believes that residents deserve a full, frank public conversation about all the possible effects of an Autonomous Vehicle future – the increase in car congestion, the job loss, the sprawl, the effect on our environment, the decrease in public transit service and ridership, the heightened displacement and gentrification, the Billions needed in public subsidy, etc. […]
Shout out to Anthony Puglionesi, who's doin the smart math on transit v car-ownership. What would you do with an extra $7,700?:
"The clearest benefit of ditching the whole car idea is financial. A recent study by AAA found that the average cost of owning a new car is $8,849 per year over the first five years (assuming you drive 15,000 miles per year, an average distance for drivers aged 20-54). This cost includes gas, insurance, maintenance and inspection fees, and depreciation of the vehicle’s value.
The cost of a monthly transit pass in Pittsburgh is $97.50. If you do the math, by not owning a car and opting to take public transportation, a Pittsburgher might put about $7,700 in their pocket each year."
www.publicsource.org/my-preference-for-buses-puzzles-some-people-but-consider-the-benefits-of-dit...
Remember though that racist urban renewal is not just a thing of the past. It's still happening now, here in Pittsburgh. Gentrification. Poor transit access. Over-policing. Laws that favor landlords & developers. Low wages. Investment in tech innovation over resident needs. These are all tools to suppress, divide, and conquer that are at play in our City today.
As the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival says, its gunna take a new, unsettling force to disrupt these systems. But we have the power. Lets connect our struggles and make that world a reality. ow.ly/snlY50vAyD2
How Segregation Caused Your Traffic Jam
In some of America’s most congested cities, roadways were designed to keep people “in their place.”Some serious food for thought. ow.ly/Dx1M50vAyiS
Downtown Bus Ridership Has Doubled Over Past Year - ColumbusUnderground.com
Thanks to a unique program that offers free bus passes to most Downtown workers, transit ridership for the Downtown area has more than doubled year-over-year since the program went into effect. The C-...CONGRATS! To all the winners of PPT's Coordinating Committee election. And THANK YOU to everyone who ran. This was the largest slate of candidates to ever run in a PPT election. <3 <3 The energy is high and there are good things to come. ow.ly/GD2s50vAyMY
Your bus can be FASTER + CHEAPER.
Use this tool to build a grassroots vision of how to expand the East Busway into the Mon Valley and Eastern Suburbs:
eastbusway.pittsburghforpublictransit.org/