Latest Posts
Use this $$$ to build the best bus stops ever [with pics!]
This new URA grant program is an amazing opportunity for residents in the City of Pittsburgh to improve transit amenities in their neighborhood. The Neighborhood Initiatives Fund (NIF) Program will “provide grants in order to help unlock the economic and placemaking potential within neighborhoods; support vision-to-action community investment strategies that build an equitable Pittsburgh; and […]
Electric Buses in PA: The Time Is NOW
On Tuesday, September 17th, Pittsburghers for Public Transit joined our allies PennEnvironment, PennFuture and the Clean Air Council to unveil a new report from PennEnvironment and PennPIRG: “Volkswagon Settlement State Scorecards“. The report grades states on how they are using monies from the massive $4.3 Billion settlement paid by Volkswagon in 2016 after they were […]
Help push the Beyond the East Busway Campaign over the goal line
If you follow Pittsburghers for Public Transit’s work, you know we’ve spent the last three months executing a campaign with residents of the Mon Valley & Eastern Suburbs to build a grassroots vision for expanding great transit Beyond the East Busway. If you don’t follow our work, welcome! You can check out more about our […]
ACTION ALERT: Call for Transit Passes + Affordability at Giant Eagle Shakespeare Redevelopment
For those that may not have heard, the Shakespeare Giant Eagle is being redeveloped by Echo Realty, along with the entire strip mall and lot at the corner of Shady and Penn. The Shakespeare site is directly adjacent to the East Busway, Port Authority’s highest performing asset carrying around 24,000 riders each day, and it […]
Why “microtransit” won’t work for Hazelwood
In his recent article “What is “Microtransit” For?”, transit expert Jarrett Walker breaks down what “Microtransit” is and where it is successful. “Microtransit” a current fad in tech-based mobility solutions and cities across the nation are putting tons of public money into them instead of building out their public transit systems. Unfortunately (and perhaps unsurprisingly) […]
Port Authority’s Q3 Service Adjustments, with comment from @PGH_Bus_Info Hotline
Each quarter the Port Authority adjusts its transit schedules and routes to account for rider’s requests, ridership shifts, construction, road closures and/or all of the other unexpected hiccups that might affect Pittsburgh roads. In case you missed it, the most recent set of schedule adjustments will go into effect on Sunday, Sept. 1st, 2019. You […]
A Green New Deal can revive our transportation system from this Covid-19 outbreak. Buses. Bikes. Walking. ow.ly/ZKl050yX0fX
A Green New Deal for City and Suburban Transportation
ow.ly
Federal transportation policy is broken. American communities are suffering as a result. The U.S. transportation system is both an enormous source of carbon emissions and a major contributor to inequa..."Density makes mass transit possible. It allows for more affordable housing. It creates environments where people can walk and where children can find playgrounds. It enables us to pool risks. It supports big public hospitals and stronger safety nets. It allows us to curb climate emissions, which present a public health problem of an entirely different kind." ow.ly/v9ll50yWM1p
Density Is Normally Good for Us. That Will Be True After Coronavirus, Too.
ow.ly
The very thing that has made cities vulnerable in a pandemic has protected them in other disasters."Transit networks, like hospital systems and food supply chains, are vital to the success of the COVID-19 public health response. They transport millions of essential personnel to and from their jobs every day" h/t TransitCenter transitcenter.org/2-8-million-u-s-essential-workers-ride-transit-to-their-jobs/
transitcenter.org
Workers classified as essential during the COVID-19 emergency account for 36 percent of total transit commuters in the United States. Service must be maintained to allow for safe spacing on buses and ...BREAKING: Port Authority moves to fareless bus transit + rear-door boarding for Covid-19 outbreak. Thx PAAC for thinking creatively about driver & rider safety. Thx to all the riders who made the call. We need a FEDERAL TRANSIT STIMULUS NOW to move us forward. www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org/paac-moves-to-farelsss-transit-rear-door-boarding-amidst-covid...
www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Dan Yablonsky, Communications Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit (551) 206-3320, dan@pittsburghforpublictransit.org Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PP...Don't let Covid-19 kill public transit 💀🚌
Sign-on now to call for a comprehensive federal transit stimulus to move our communities forward: ow.ly/qbo350yUNor
Transit Rider's Open Letter: Transit Still Moves Our City
ow.ly
Public transit = healthcare, food access, jobs. COVID-19 must not threaten our system. We need transit stimulus to keep our communities moving.