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Bus Stop Audits: Join The Fight for A Better Place to Wait
It’s time to take a closer look at bus stops in Pittsburgh. Join us for a community audit. Pittsburghers For Public Transit’s Organizing Committee will be conducting a month of Bus Shelter Audits to inventory what is lacking at shelters, and identify where new shelters need to go. Our first audit will kick off Sunday, […]
Join A Meeting With Your Elected Official to Talk Service
Sign up to join PPT and speak to your elected officials about how they can fight for better public transit service. From the Federal, to the State, to the County, to the Local: elected officials at all levels have a role to play in building world-class public transit. PPT Is driving this narrative home during […]
Representing Our Routes: Legislative Roundtable to Fund the Transit Service We Deserve
Join us for “Representing Our Routes: Legislative Roundtable for Securing the Transit Service We Deserve”NEW LOCATION: Pentecostal Church Temple, 6300 East Liberty Blvd Who: Elected representatives in local, county, state and federal government, Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT), transit riders and press What: We will hear stories from transit riders about the current state of […]
WTAE Channel 4 Features PPT alongside PRT CEO and Rich Fitzgerald
WTAE Channel 4 agrees: transit rider advocacy plays a critical role in the future of transit service in Allegheny County. PPT’s organizing is featured alongside agency CEO and ex-Executive of Allegheny County In their first WTAE Listens episode of 2024, Channel 4 got right to one of Allegheny County’s most pressing issues as we enter […]
The East Busway is Being Extended to Monroeville – Now Lets Keep Organizing
New $142.3 million grant marks the next phase in residents’ successful campaign to extend the East Busway Transit riders, residents, businesses, and elected officials in the Mon Valley and Eastern Suburbs have been working hard to extend the East Busway’s benefits into their communities. After years of organizing to uplift the demand for better transit, […]
Fair Fares Coalition Recognizes Progress, Looks to Expeditiously Implement Permanent Zero Transit Fare Program for Low-Income Riders in 2024
Fair Fares for a Full Recovery Coalition Press Release, 12/22/23 On the evening of December 21, 2023, Allegheny County Office of the County Executive Fitzgerald announced a commitment to a long-term 50% discounted transit fare program for SNAP households in the region, funded by the County Department of Human Services (DHS). The Fair Fares for […]
Wins for More Language Access on Transit
Casa San Jose and Pittsburghers for Public Transit Celebrate Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s Steps Toward Language Equity! You may have noticed that starting the week of December 10th, Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) began playing bilingual announcements in English and Spanish at select train stations along the Red Line! PRT also added Spanish language access on its […]
Transit Justice Year-end Victory Party! with Awards + Photos!
Sweet victory! It was an all-out celebration at our year-end victoy party last week. YET AGAIN! We were overjoyed to close out another year of organizing with a tremendous victory party with all of our members. This one was probably our biggest yet! with more than 100 people coming from all parts of the county. […]
ACTION ALERT: Support the “Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act”
Help push for more funding for more service in our systems! Ask your Representatives and Senators to support the “Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act” today! Pittsburghers for Public Transit went to Washington DC to talk about how public transit, like trains and buses, and accessible walking and bike routes, give us a healthy, clean, […]
Cast Your Vote on PPT’s 2024 Strategic Plan!
Image description: illustration from PPT artist Neve Monroe-Anderson shows 5 people standing together on top of a bus holding signs. One of them is a transit worker. One is wearing a PPT t-shirt. One is in a wheelchair. Calling all PPT Members: The time has come to vote on our 2024 Strategic Plan! Your vote […]
Here is why transit workers are supporting PPT’s work
“At PPT, Transit riders and transit workers roll together. We’re not letting the system divide us and we’re building power.” – Sascha Craig, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 Member and PPT Member Your PPT membership or donation will help our advocacy with transit workers like Sascha to build an equitable transit system for all. Here […]
Pick up the phone for the future of transit justice
Its the most wonderful time of the year! Volunteer for one of PPT’s year-end phone banks to help us connect with members. Every year PPT volunteers make hundreds of phone calls to connect to members. We talk about people’s experiences on transit throughout the year; we invite them to our year-end celebration; and we ask […]