🚌Bus-only lanes 🚦Traffic signals that prioritize transit
Solutions exist to speed up service and increase reliability. We need city, county, and state to put funding and political will behind a vision to make it happen.
Port Authority buses not on schedule nearly 1/3 of the time, a state performance audit finds
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"Even for people that don't use public transportation, it's a critical issue, because without a viable mass transit agency, the traffic congestion in Allegheny County would be unbearable."Get your new PPT T-Shirt at tomorrow's Holiday Fundraiser Party! RSVP here: www.facebook.com/events/269111013798763/
"All the decorations are paid for by drivers out of their own pocket and are often leftover home decorations from previous years."
We <3 our drivers.
What to know about the holiday buses
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“It's the time of the year where it's cold, the days are shorter, and if this very little thing brings about some joy to someone's day, it's just that much better.”New HuffPost article profiles PPT and the transit justice movement in Pittsburgh.
“I didn’t call it activism. I was just doing something because I knew it was needed. ... We couldn’t get to stores or shopping malls. People couldn’t get to work.”, says Debra Green who led a campaign to restore the 59. Now she's a PPT Board member inspiring new leaders to make change! 👏👏👏
Officials Cut Bus Service In This Poor Neighborhood. One Woman Fought Back.
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For many, achieving the American Dream depends on access to public transit.🗣️"1 trip! 2 trip ! 3 trip! 4! Why are poor folks paying more"
Through the last 6-weeks, Riders led a campaign to collect over 2,500 signatures in support of three easy #FareEquity policies:
1. Fare Capping (to allow daily/weekly/monthly/yearly bus passes to be paid for one ride at a time)
2. Free Transfers
3. Remove the penalty for cash payment
On December 7th, 2018 we rallied to present these signatures and our testimony to the Port Authority of Allegheny County board of directors ,calling on them to #MakeOurFaresFair.
Huge thanks to all the riders and volunteers who rallied, gave testimony, collected signatures, made phone calls, created signs and made up chants! Thx to Just Harvest and Mon Valley Initiative for your partnership on the campaign. #StrongerTogether
We will continue to fight for equity in our system until all have the access they deserve.
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PPT attends Transit Rider Bootcamp
PPT had a large contingent at the Transit Rider Bootcamp hosted by Americans for Transit. It was an amazing and inspiring learning experience, and we got to hear from other transit justice organizations across the country!
Speakers Call out URA for Role in BRT app
From a great article in WESA: Some concerned about BRT’s effects on the Mon Valley and other communities have said they think the project violates the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which outlaws discrimination by federally funded government agencies. Before a public transit agency makes any major service change, it has to conduct […]
BRT Campaign Takes Fight to County Council
From the Post-Gazette: “Pearl Hughey and her grandchildren recently watched a movie about Rosa Parks. She told Allegheny County Council members Tuesday night that the youngsters asked her a lot of questions about what happened on that bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955. ‘The one thing I found myself explaining to them is that the […]
“Mon-Oakland Connector” Proposed Autonomous Vehicle Requires Closer Scrutiny
*Image of trees, Hazelwood Green (Almano) site, bridge and the Cathedral of Learning by Darrell Sapp, photographer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A public meeting to discuss the possibilities for the Mon Oakland connector raised some serious concerns about the lack of transparency around goals, the fact that this service threatens to compete with Port Authority rather than […]
Protect the 61 Buses! BRT Campaign Takes on Life of its Own
*Picture of around 40 61 A,B, & C campaign stakeholders and bus riders seated in the Braddock Library in a semi-circle, planning next steps for the fight to protect local bus service. Last week, Next City wrote an article about Pittsburgh’s BRT plans and the concerns around cuts to the Mon Valley, quoting Laura Wiens as […]
What Amazon HQ2 Could Do to Pittsburgh
*Amazon logo superimposed over the picture of Pittsburgh, with “Pittsburgh” as the text. From Seattle24x7.com Great panel conversation hosted by Pitt Human Rights City Initiative and the research and advocacy organization UrbanKind, about the possible impacts of Amazon HQ2 on affordable housing, public transit, worker rights, taxpayer liabilities among other unforeseen consequences. See the live […]