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Save Our Public Transit Demonstration 6/8
SAVE OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT! March & Rally Friday, June 8th at 3:00 PM Meet at 11 Stanwix Street (the corner of Stanwix St and Fort Pitt Blvd in Downtown Pittsburgh). The Pennsylvania General Assembly is about to go into summer recess without any solution to the state’s transportation funding crisis in place–it’s time to […]
Community Meetings on Transit 5/19/12
There are two Community Meetings on Transit coming up on Saturday, May 19th. *The first, hosted by Pittsburghers for Public Transit, is at 1:00 PM at The Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation’s Community Activity Center (113 N Pacific Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15224). Join PPT and the ATU to discuss the public transportation crisis in Pennsylvania and ways to […]
ATU RALLY 4/27
PLEASE JOIN THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION’S LOCAL 85 FOR A RALLY TO SAY NO TO THE PORT AUTHORITY’S 35% SERVICE REDUCTION PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER WHERE: 345 6TH AVE., PITTSBURGH PAWHEN: FRIDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2012 at 8:45AM WE WILL ATTEND THE PORT AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING AT WHICH THEY WILL BE VOTING TO APPROVE THE JULY FARE […]
National Day of Action to Stop Transit Cuts! Defend Pittsburgh Public Transit!
When: Wednesday April 4th 12:00 PM Where: City-County Building – 414 Grant Street Downtown Pittsburgh Pittsburghers for Public Transit, ATU Local 85, and Occupy Pittsburgh will rally against the local proposed cut to transit service and fare hikes while calling attention to the war and financial crimes perpetrated by the US government and Giant Banks […]
RALLY TO SAVE TRANSIT – WEDNESDAY FEB 29 12 PM
Our public transit system is facing the most drastic cuts in service to date! POTENTIAL LOSS OF 35% OF SERVICE, 50% OF ROUTES AND 500 JOBS Take action to fight for public investment in transportation and demand that corporations pay there “fare” share. Pittsburghers for Public Transit, ATU Local 85, and Occupy Pittsburgh will be […]
Leafletting Events- Feb. 14, 24, 28
Join Occupy Pittsburgh, Pittsburghers for Public Transit, our union member sisters and brothers, and other residents to distribute post cards on buses, at bus stops, and at congested intersections to mobilize the public in support of public transit. Meet and pick up flyers between 3:30 and 5:00 PM at one of the two action locations and […]
Bus Riders Rally Against Proposed Port Authority Cuts – Pittsburgh News Story – WTAE Pittsburgh
Bus Riders Rally Against Proposed Port Authority Cuts – Pittsburgh News Story – WTAE Pittsburgh
Emergency Rally Against Transit Cuts! TOMORROW 1/26
Tomorrow morning the Port Authority Board of Directors will be meeting to officially vote on the proposed 35% transit cuts. Join members of Pittsburghers for Public Transit and ATU Local 85 to demand that PAT stand up for transit riders and workers! Where: The Heinz Building, 345 6th Avenue Downtown Pittsburgh When: 8:15 AM – […]

Transit funding needs a fix – we know how, tax the rich!
Marchers rallying on the steps of East Liberty Presbyterian Church By Jonna Jamie Pittsburgh, PA- On September 24, 2011 200 Pittsburghers marched down Penn Avenue through the neighborhood of East Liberty demanding “more transit, not less” and “no more cuts” to the bus routes in Allegheny County and beyond. The march and rally was organized […]
Occupy Pittsburgh / PPT Transit action!
Pittsburghers for Public Transit is partnering with our friends at Occupy Pittsburgh (http://www.occupypittsburgh.org) for the following action: Week of Action – Occupy Pittsburgh Public Transit Action Start: 12/16/2011 3:00 pm As many of you know, Port Authority of Allegheny County is pondering additional service cuts – up to 35% – effective in 2012. Last March, […]

MARCH AND RALLY TO SAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT – 9/24 AT NOON – MELLON PARK IN EAST LIBERTY
Backers of Transit Try to Mobilize
Thursday, August 11, 2011 By Dan Majors, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Community groups calling for more public transit Wednesday met in the Hill District with a clear goal: If they’re going to get people on buses, they have to get people in the streets.“As organizers, we need to adopt the civil rights model,” said Mel Packer of […]