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PUBLIC TRANSIT RALLIES FRI & SAT! STOP THE BUS CUTS!
To Print these flyers for distribution: Downtown Flyer (Friday) Mon Valley Flyer (Saturday)
Bad deal on bonds costs Port Authority $39.2M
Thursday, February 17, 2011 By Jon Schmitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Port Authority this week paid a bank $39.2 million to escape from a bond deal it entered seven years ago that turned out sour. The payment to Bank of America Merrill Lynch canceled a complicated and risky transaction called an interest-rate “swaption” that the authority […]

RALLY TOMORROW FOR TRANSIT WORKERS
Our bus drivers, technicians, and other Amalgamated Transit Union workers will be having a rally tomorrow (2/15) at 4pm downtown at the County Courthouse in support of PresidentMcMahon’s address to County Council. As many PPTers as possibleshould be there!Andrew
Next Meeting
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130184457049849 Time 19 February · 12:00 – 15:00 Location University of Pittsburgh – Posvar Hall room 5203 Pittsburgh, PA Created by: Pittsburghers for Public Transit, Andrew C Wagner More info Really important meeting, we’ll be discussing the upcoming march in Squirrel Hill on 3/19, the upcoming publication of our newsletter, and promotion for both […]

Proposed March transit cuts to affect Oakland routes
Re-posted from Pitt’s University Times: The Port Authority of Allegheny County will cut its service by 15 percent, including some service to Oakland, beginning March 27. The plan, approved last week by the Port Authority board, will eliminate 29 routes and cause 180 employee layoffs. The plan amends a scheduled 35 percent service cut that […]
TRANSIT RALLY 1/28!
PLEASE JOIN US AS WE FIGHT THE UNNECESSARY 15% SERVICE REDUCTION APPROVED BY THE PORT AUTHORITY. THESE CUTS WILL SHED 140 GOOD UNION JOBS, LEAVE 13,000 ALLEGHENY COUNTY CITIZENS WITHOUT SERVICE, AND PUT MORE STRAIN ON AN ALREADY STRUGGLING ECONOMY. WHERE 345 6TH. AVE ACROSS FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY OFFICE WHEN FRIDAY JANUARY 28TH 2011 […]
Pittsburghers for Public Transit
8 hours ago
We need 15 people collect petition signatures with us on Tuesday! We’re organizing with @APA_PGH to end solitary confinement at Allegheny county jail and end no-knock warrants!!
Sign up here! Virtual and in-person opportunities available: www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org/transit-riders-act-stop-solitary-confinement-pass-breonnas-law/ ... See MoreSee Less
Transit Riders Act: Stop Solitary Confinement, Pass Breonna's Law - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
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Help bring an end to solitary confinement at the Allegheny County Jail, and pass Breonna’s Law to end no-knock warrants because transit justice is an intersectional issue! Join members of Pittsburgh...Pittsburghers for Public Transit
2 days ago
PPT General Meeting is tonight at 7pm! Start your new year by organizing with your neighbors for transit justice.
RSVP here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodOqrrj4rHN3S1lviIhaE4Pu2P-E-CjQD?fbclid=IwAR1YJpIJSkkNvY08lE...
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Pittsburghers for Public Transit
3 days ago
There is incredible potential in this moment, but enormous obstacles exist on both sides of the aisle. We need to organize from the bottom and demand no more transportation money for highways, policing, gentrification, or corporations. Transit justice now. usa.streetsblog.org/2021/01/06/georgia-senate-wins-put-major-transportation-reform-within-reach/ ... See MoreSee Less
Georgia Senate Wins Put Major Transportation Reform Within Reach
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Democrats reclaiming majority control of the Senate creates a path to a green infrastructure bill that has eluded sustainable transportation advocates for decades.Pittsburghers for Public Transit
4 days ago
PPT's 1st meeting of the year is on Wed, January 13th - and we want you to organize with us! We are pushing campaigns for affordable housing and transit, affordable fares, safe+fast transit & much more.
RSVP here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodOqrrj4rHN3S1lviIhaE4Pu2P-E-CjQD?fbclid=IwAR1YJpIJSkkNvY08lE...
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Pittsburghers for Public Transit
5 days ago
Allegheny County's 2020 Census voluntary response rate was 72%. Higher than PA's rate of 69.6% & the national rate of 67%.
This is good news for bringing Federal $$ to Allegheny County - for transit, for education, for hunger prevention and other prgms:
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2021/01/09/Kudos-on-local-census-count-Allegheny-County/s... ... See MoreSee Less
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Peduto and Fitzgerald recently announced that the count is complete, and Allegheny County ranks high for its participation.