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PPT Speaks Up for Transit + Affordable Housing at new Giant Eagle Shakespeare Development
During yesterday’s City Planning Commission meeting, Commissioners approved a zoning change that will allow for housing to be built at the Giant Eagle Shakespeare site next to the East Busway Station. Before the vote was taken, Pittsburghers for Public Transit’s Community Organizer, Josh Malloy, and Director, Laura Wiens, gave testimony to talk about the importance […]
Bus Stops to be Removed on the 88 and 48. Join PPT to collect feedback from riders.
Last month, the Port Authority announced its plan to eliminate bus stops on all its routes, starting with the 51 Carrick and 16 Brighton. Now they are moving onto the 88 and 48. Pittsburghers for Public Transit knows that the best way to build a transit system is to engage the riders and operators who […]
Bus Stops to be removed on the 16 and 51 (& 13, 15, 17, 19L, 48, 51L, 54, 55, 59, Y46, Y47, Y49): Give Feedback Now
Do Yinz use the 51 or the 16 bus routes?(or the 13, 15, 17, 19L, 48, 51L, 54, 55, 59, Y46, Y47, Y49?)Give your feedback now. Starting this November, Port Authority is beginning its “Bus Stop Consolidation” program. What does that mean? Well, according to their website: Your bus stop is the welcome mat to […]
Use this $$$ to build the best bus stops ever [with pics!]
This new URA grant program is an amazing opportunity for residents in the City of Pittsburgh to improve transit amenities in their neighborhood. The Neighborhood Initiatives Fund (NIF) Program will “provide grants in order to help unlock the economic and placemaking potential within neighborhoods; support vision-to-action community investment strategies that build an equitable Pittsburgh; and […]
Electric Buses in PA: The Time Is NOW
On Tuesday, September 17th, Pittsburghers for Public Transit joined our allies PennEnvironment, PennFuture and the Clean Air Council to unveil a new report from PennEnvironment and PennPIRG: “Volkswagon Settlement State Scorecards“. The report grades states on how they are using monies from the massive $4.3 Billion settlement paid by Volkswagon in 2016 after they were […]
Help push the Beyond the East Busway Campaign over the goal line
If you follow Pittsburghers for Public Transit’s work, you know we’ve spent the last three months executing a campaign with residents of the Mon Valley & Eastern Suburbs to build a grassroots vision for expanding great transit Beyond the East Busway. If you don’t follow our work, welcome! You can check out more about our […]
Yesterday PAAC announced it would slow-down the rollout of the bus stop consolidation program. This is a win for riders, no doubt. It will allow more time to improve upon a process that our mobility and access depend on. Thx to PAAC for hitting the brakes, and huge shoutout to all the riders and community groups that have spread the word, organized canvasses, attended meetings and called for improvements. PPT will release a more detailed statement next week: Northside Common Ministries, Northside Coalition for Fair Housing, Just Harvest, Brighton Heights Citizens Federation, Enjoy Bellevue, South Side Smart Streets, Southside Pittsburgh, Bloomfield Development Corporation, Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation
www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2020/02/20/Elimination-bus-stops-Port-Authority-finalize...
Lets make the Oakland-Downtown BRT the start of a vast network of on-street bus rapid transit for all in our region. ow.ly/7y2a50ypunK
Port Authority's BRT project remains highly rated by federal agency
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The project to use exclusive bus lanes to improve service is among five proposed projects highly rated by the Federal Transit Administration.Prioritizing 7-day service will do HUGE things for equity & access for Allegheny County Residents. Hats off to Port Authority on this one!
pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/02/18/port-authority-bus-route-changes/?fbclid=IwAR1P0doYhsfDtUGj5-S...
Port Authority To Add Weekend Service On Local Bus Routes
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New service adjustments will go in effect on Sunday, March 15th.Hey look! Its PPT on TV with NewsChannel 5 Nashville disrupting the one-sided industry-funded narrative about Autonomous Vehicles. ow.ly/pwcf50ypuUv
An autonomous vehicle future: Will it be safer? Better for the economy?
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Critics point to what happened in Arizona in 2018, when an Uber self-driving car killed a pedestrian.You can help PPT draw the Future of Transit Justice in our new graphic novel series (and G E T P A I D !). Forward to all the rad artist change-makers that you know.
Deadline for applications is February 28th
www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org/call-for-artists-future-of-transit-justice-graphic-novel-series/
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Future of Transit Justice Graphic Novel Series - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org
Are you an activist-minded illustrator or graphic novelist? A movement artist who is skilled at sketch-noting? Looking to make a little extra money and help out a good cause at the same time? PPT want...