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2nd Baldwin Community Meeting, Wed July 9th
The Baldwin campaign to restore service is really moving! On June 27th, 4 Baldwin residents spoke at the Port Authority board meeting about the need for transit service. Additional residents were present to show their support. Board Chair Bob Hurley acknowledged that he had received many letters. See Trib article here. A delegation of residents […]
Materials from the Baldwin Community Meeting 6/18/14
Did you miss our community meeting in Baldwin last night, but still want to be clued into the campaign? Or, do you want to share some of the materials we distributed with friends, family, and neighbors? Now you can! Seventy residents met last night and agreed to two immediate plans of action: 1) A letter-writing […]
Community Meeting on Public Transportation in Baldwin
PPT will be helping to facilitate a community meeting with the residents of Baldwin to talk about the borough’s transit needs and steps that can be taken to help improve and restore service. See all the details below and help us to publicize by distributing the attached poster to your friends and neighbors! Community Meeting […]
PPT joins the ATU for Transit Action Month!
On Tuesday, May 20, members of PPT and the ATU’s Local 85 joined transit supporters from around the country in our nation’s capitol to call for federal transportation funding. The rally and lobby day was organized by the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Transit Workers’ Union as a part of their Transit Action Month campaign. […]
PAAC’s ULI Panel and MindMixer Forum
PPT was happy to be invited to present this morning to PAAC’s Urban Land Institute advisory panel on the future of our transit system. We told them about us and our Transit Bill of Rights and suggested that PAAC sign onto it. What would it look like for Port Authority to join us in affirming […]
PPT Brings the Community Transit Survey to Baldwin!
Twenty-one PPT volunteers, including eleven Port Authority riders and ten drivers, took to the streets of Baldwin on Saturday, May 10 to see if residents wanted their bus back and if they were willing to take action to get it, and the answer to both was a resounding “yes.” We surveyed over 300 people in […]
Community Mass Transit Survey Now Online
Pittsburghers for Public Transit is launching a new campaign to restore service and push for increased public inclusion in transit planning processes, and we’d like to hear your input. For starters, we’re asking for your help in assessing the need for mass transit in the North Baldwin, Brentwood, and Carrick communities. PPT is well aware […]
TRANSIT TALES: Part II
TRANSIT TALES True-life stories and panel discussion on our public transit choicesThursday, April 17th at 7pm The Kaufman Center 1835 Centre Ave (right by the Hill House) Bricolage’s Fifth Wall series seeks to break down the barriers between scripted storytelling and current events in the world at large. The 2014 Fifth Wall Series continues with […]
YOU DID IT!!! Transportation funding bill passed! Next steps – come celebrate, then help plan how to restore and expand service.
The transportation bill passed the PA House on Tuesday night, passed the PA Senate on Wednesday and should be on the Governor’s desk by Friday for his signature. This bill will fund roads, bridges and public transit – we can stop fearing the next round of cuts. Now we can start planning how best to […]
Transportation funding bill imperiled! Please keep calling these state legislators!
BREAKING: Pa. transportation funding bill in jeopardy Please email your own legislator using this easy to use site . And here’s the site where you can look up the phone number of your state legislator. Contact Key LegislatorsIn addition to urging your own elected officials to vote for the funding, we are asking that you […]
Last Call for Transit! Volunteers are needed!
The PA General Assembly is down to the wire, with just five session days left to address the transportation funding issue before Thanksgiving. That’s why we’re reaching out to legislators tomorrow to impress upon them how important it is that they pass a robust bill that funds transit, as well as roads and bridges. Most important […]
Public Transit in Our Communities: calling for inclusive planning.
Recent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette articles raised concerns about potential plans for a “bus free downtown” and, more importantly, the possibility of non-inclusive public transit planning processes that would give more weight to a limited range of developer and business interests rather than to the needs of a broad range of stakeholders that would be most affected […]