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Transit Toward Transformation! Victory for McKees Rocks Weekend Service
“We rely heavily on the 22-McCoy. We use it for everything.” Last month, Port Authority announced that it would extend weekend service to 99% of all Local routes. This decision brought victory to 6 different communities who organized neighborhood service restoration campaigns with PPT! System-wide weekend service will truly be transformative for Allegheny County. For […]
We Did It. We #SavedTransit, For Now, with $14 Billion Federal Stimulus
Transit riders and workers win $14 billion to keep their systems running during COVID-19. But more organizing will be needed in 2021. We did it. With the stimulus package just ratified in the US. House and Senate, we have won $14 billion in emergency COVID relief for public transit. That will stave off the imminent transit […]
Transit Towards Transformation: Victory for Brookline
“Having the bus all week long gives me the freedom to move.” Public transit has always been essential for workers and our city – 2020 proved it. Pittsburghers for Public Transit has continued to organize with communities through this pandemic. We are winning the transit service that changes lives – but we need you involved […]
Organizing Works: How We Are Moving $$ Away From the Mon-Oakland Connector & Funding Community Needs
They say you can’t fight City Hall. Wait until they hear about how residents are organizing to beat the Mon- Oakland Connector, and redirecting that funding to their neighborhood’s essential needs: increased public transit, sidewalks, bus shelters, bike connections, affordable housing, and small business support. On Monday, 12/14, it became official when City Council voted […]
O’Connor Moves to Divest from Mon Oakland Connector, and Invest in Affordable Housing
Call your Councilperson and ask them to support O’Connor’s budget amendment to divest from Mon Oakland Connector and invest in the Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund Councilmember Corey O’Connor announced on Thursday, 12/10, that he would introduce an amendment to the 2021 City Budget that would fund affordable housing, build safe sidewalks, and invest in black-owned businesses. […]
How We Won Weekend Service: Ms. Teaira Collins
“My grandmother always taught me to fight for what is right.” A message from Teaira Collins, PPT Member and Leader of the 93-Hazelwood Campaign: My son Judah is the light of my life. He has down syndrome and we never know when we’ll need the 93 to get us from our home in Hazelwood to […]
A Workers' Plan: A Sustainable and Socially Just Local Public Transport - The Bullet
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The commitment of public funds and the development of new funding models for local public transport (LPT) operations, maintenance and infrastructure can
Port Authority begins final phase of bus shelter replacements Monday
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Port Authority will begin removal Monday of 43 bus shelters in the last phase of a program that began in 2018 to install 190 new shelters.
Other Voices: Public transit access for all Pennsylvanians
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Eight hundred fifty-nine dollars a month. As a disabled person and proud Pittsburgher living with multiple sclerosis, that is how much I live on. When...