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Anne Hodapp’s Story
Anne Hodapp is a single mother who lives in Pitcairn, a small borough just a few miles south of Monroeville. Her 10-year-old daughter has several disabilities and has seizures, but ACCESS has said she is not disabled enough to qualify for their door-to-door transport service for seniors and the disabled. The Port Authority has announced […]
The Myth of the $100,000 Bus Driver
There have been rumors and misinformation heard from time to time that Port Authority drivers are paid huge salaries of up to $100,000 a year. These attempts to blame the hard-working drivers for the cuts in bus service don’t stand up to the facts.The starting hourly wage for a PAT driver is $16.05. The top […]
Keep the ‘Public’ in Public Transit: Privatization is a Bad Deal
by Andrew Wagner photo by Dawn Jackman-Biery With the Port Authority of Allegheny County in financial trouble, we’re hearing the call for “privatization” from some powerful political and business interests. These privatizers include some of the same politicians whose failure to adequately fund transit helped create the crisis, and they include business people who see […]
Transportation is Our Need – and Our Right
photo by Dawn Jackman-Biery by Mel Packer Imagine, Dear Rider, that you go to your usual bus or trolley stop and find that it is strangely silent, that others have been standing for quite a while and no bus has been seen. You ask another rider who tells you that the news says that the […]
3/26 Rally, OnoRATo Refuses the Union’s Concessions, Cuts Transit, Lays Off 180
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Stop the Cuts! 24 Hours of Action!
Stop the Cuts! Sign-up for 24 Hours of Action to Save Public Transit in Allegheny County! Beginning at 11:00 AM on Thursday, March 24 through 11:00 AM Friday, March 25 Culminating in a rally on Friday at 8:30 AM before the Port Authority Board Meeting At Port Authority Head Quarters, 6th St. and Smithfield Ave. […]
3/19/11 MARCH TO STOP THE CUTS!
VIDEO:WPXI – http://www.wpxi.com/news/27250940/detail.htmlWTAE – http://www.wtae.com/news/27251486/detail.html Photos by Dawn Jackman-Biery From the Post-Gazette: Nancy Downie of Delmont had never participated in a protest in all of her 58 years but Saturday she joined a Squirrel Hill march and rally by an estimated 500 like-minded opponents of impending Port Authority service cuts. Simply put, she came “to […]
MARCH TO STOP THE CUTS! 3/19!
FACEBOOK EVENT Location & Time Beacon and Murray to Forbes and Murray in Squirrel Hill at NOON Created by: Pittsburghers for Public Transit, The Port Authority plans to institute an unnecessary and devastating 15 percent service cut on March 27th. Transit riders, workers, and all those concerned about the health of our city must show […]
Riders, Workers Take Fight Against Service Cuts To Grant Street
County Council Asks Port Authority To Postpone Bus, Trolley CutsFrom WTAE: PITTSBURGH — About 75 Port Authority workers and riders gathered early Tuesday evening in front of the Allegheny County Courthouse — where a County Council meeting was taking place — and rallied against proposed cuts to bus and trolley service. Protesters wanted the council […]
EMERGENCY RALLY – STOP THE MARCH CUTS
Time March 1st· 4:00 pm Location Allegheny County Courthouse,436 Grant StreetPittsburgh PA Tomorrow Tuesday March 1, 2011 at the Allegheny County Council Meeting. Assembly will begin at 4:00 pm in front of the Allegheny County Courthouse, 436 Grant Street. Council Meeting will begin at 5:00 pm on the 4th Floor in the Gold Room. County […]
Message from the ATU, “Come Out Tomorrow!”
Video by Marvin Bing from today’s union rally downtown in solidarity with Wisconsin workers. Pittsburgh Rally and Press Conference for Public Transportation Time 25 February · 08:30 – 10:00 Location Mellon Square Park Mellon Square Park. 6th & Smithfield, Pittsburgh (Downtown), PA 15219 Pittsburgh, PA Created by: Marvin Bing, Bryon Shane More info Enjoy your […]
PUBLIC TRANSIT RALLIES FRI & SAT! STOP THE BUS CUTS!
To Print these flyers for distribution: Downtown Flyer (Friday) Mon Valley Flyer (Saturday)