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Amazon Passes on Pittsburgh: A Bullet Dodged
Finally, after months of private negotiations over billions of public dollars, Amazon has announced it will pass on Pittsburgh as the location for its second headquarters. It is reported that Pittsburgh’s bid would have given enormous tax incentives and decision-making power over where their tax-dollars would be spent. All without any public input or transparency. That’s […]
labor day 2018
Labor day is an important holiday in Pittsburgh. It is a reminder to those in power that it is people like us who keep the city and county running. Thousands of union members from all over the area marched together in celebration of fights won and in preparation for fights to come. When riders’ unions […]
High service marks for Port Authority
Good news that riders give the Port Authority high marks! But this is important too: “Price seems to be such a sensitive issue for riders that TransPro recommended that the agency do everything it can to avoid raising fares over the next few years. Last year, the agency switched to a flat $2.50 fare for […]
PPT and Put People First joint meeting
On October 23rd Pittsburghers for Public Transit came together with Put People First!- PA for a great event to learn the history of Dr. Martin Luther Kings Poor Peoples Campaign, the last campaign he worked on before his assassination. Put People First! PA is an organization committed to fighting for universal healthcare in PA. […]
Mon-Oakland connector
“Jonah McAllister-Erickson of Pittsburghers for Public Transit said, ‘We probably could use better public transit, but this is not the solution. Micro transit projects have been a complete flop’ in other cities, with low ridership and high operating costs.” http://www.post-gazette.com/…/Proteste…/stories/201807300043
Great article on fare capping
An article was written by Margaret J. Krauss published by WESA entitled “How Fare-Capping Could Make Transit More Equitable”. It did an incredible job of describing the ways Port Authority’s current fare system cost low-income folks more for access the same transit as their more wealthy counterparts. “‘A lot of people can’t shell out the […]
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! 💙💙
Today is a good day to reflect on the tragedies of colonialism and white supremacy.
Our country's economic system is *still* benefiting off of a legacy of stolen land and stolen peoples.
So today, honor indigenous lives.
And tomorrow, fight for indigenous sovereignty.
From the Editorial Board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Analyzing bus stops throughout the county to improve performance is good housekeeping. But the Port Authority cannot rely on internal data alone to make its decision."
~25% of bus stops are being cut on the 16 and 51, the 13, 15, 17, 19L, 48, 51L, 54, 55, 59, Y46, Y47, Y49 will also be affected. See PAAC's plan and give your input here: www.portauthority.org/busstop
Make time for the public: Port Authority needs meetings on proposed stop cuts
Making time to hear the concerns of the public should not be a particularly big ask of the Port Authority."Silicon Valley companies are selling the idea of escape to those who can afford it—often at the direct expense of those who can’t."
The answer for wide-spread, equitable, environmentally sustainable transportation will always be public transit.
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Inequality Is Slowing Cities to a Crawl
As big cities face a mobility crisis, tech companies are selling wealthy urbanites on the fantasy of escaping it.Edited: Love and solidarity to our academic sisters and brothers at Tech for Society and the other students that attended, fighting against the software company Palantir, and insisting that Carnegie Mellon University not aid ICE in their immoral deportations of undocumented families! Special shoutout to the protest organizer and PPT member Bonnie Fan, and João Martins! www.wesa.fm/post/software-companys-recruitment-visit-cmu-met-protestors?fbclid=IwAR3f_Mtynjd57A9s...
Software Company's Recruitment Visit To CMU Met By Protestors
Students protested at Carnegie Mellon University Wednesday against a campus recruitment visit by software company Palantir. The business contracts with U.SWe need policies that tie affordable housing to good transit. With the zoning commission and city planning, with the URA, with the Housing Authorities, and with the Port Authority. And we need them NOW:
"For Constancetein Evans, a recent move to Wilmerding brought both obstacles and benefits.
She’s able to afford her own apartment in the borough southeast of Pittsburgh. She sees that as a better environment for her children than subsidized housing on North Side.
But she’s limited by transit. Getting to a food bank is more difficult. And she relies on a network of bus routes to get to work as a home health caregiver.
“I still struggle,” said Evans, 39. “I don’t live in the city of Pittsburgh. I’m not in Homewood, I’m not in East Liberty, I’m not in Garfield, I’m not in Point Breeze or any of the areas where you can get help.” www.publicsource.org/in-the-mon-valley-public-transit-limitations-are-felt-by-residents-whove-lef...