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Rally to Save Transit Service!
NEXT RALLY, Outside the Port Authority Vote on the Transit Cuts!!: Wednesday, 9AM, Smithfield & 6th Ave From Saturday:Photo Credit: Ashtyn Marino and Brittany McBryde Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
RALLY TO SAVE TRANSIT SERVICE!
Traffic Trouble
This is what solidarity looks like. Rest in Power, George Floyd. ❤️✊❤️ www.vice.com/en_us/article/bv8zaw/minneapolis-bus-drivers-refuse-to-transport-george-floyd-protes...
Minneapolis Bus Drivers Refuse to Transport George Floyd Protesters to Jail
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Organized labor throughout the city is banding together in solidarity against police violence in the aftermath of Floyd’s death.This is an enormous step towards expanding equitable public transit to communities beyond the East Busway. Huge shoutout to all the rider advocates who spoke up for a more equitable BRT plan, and the Port Authority for doing the right thing. www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2020/05/28/Port-Authority-100-million-federal-funding-Bu...
Port Authority gets $100M in federal funding for Oakland-Downtown rapid transit project
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Port Authority received the final financial piece it needed late Thursday to move ahead on the Bus Rapid Transit project between Oakland and Downtown Pittsburgh:...We must protect essential transit riders and workers. PPT members raised money to get 1,100 masks to transit riders. Sign-up to help us distribute them.https://www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org/sign-up-to-get-masks-to-fellow-transit-riders/
Sign-up to Get Masks to Fellow Transit Riders - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
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Transit is more important than ever. We need 50 volunteers to help PPT distribute masks to essential transit riders. Earlier this month, PPT members raised money to purchase 1,100 masks for essential ...Fares must be lowered, now more than ever. www.publicsource.org/ridership-down-cleaning-costs-up-port-authority-navigates-financial-hurdles-...
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As the COVID-19 pandemic has eviscerated transit ridership around the country, it’s left many concerned about the financial health of transit agencies. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says it..."We keep the cities moving. We keep the economies moving. We keep the front lines moving. But we need to be protected. We didn't sign up to die when we took these jobs." - John Costa, President of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
Sign ATU's petition now to help push transit worker safety: bit.ly/safeservicenow