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Meeting on July 21st
Join us for a meeting at 10am at the Thomas Merton Center. We’ll be meeting with members of ATU Local 85.
Meeting with ATU Local 85 and the International President
Today we met at the ATU Local 85 headquarters along with International President, Larry Hanley. We’ve got only a couple months before the bus cuts take effect. We’ll be working closely with the union and PPT has got big plans for September 8th.
Raising the Issue
Over the past couple weeks we’ve passed out 10,000 of our 2nd edition ‘PA Needs Transit’ newspaper. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can download the digital version here: PA Needs Transit
The End Is Near
If you missed our doomday flyering or just want a copy of the flyer, click here.
Recap of 6/8 Save Our Public Transit March
PPT led a spirited demonstration to Save Our Public Transit on Friday, June 8th in Downtown Pittsburgh. Over 200 transit riders and workers marched together to call for more public transit—not less. Besides demanding a stop to bus cuts, speakers called upon lawmakers to create a dedicated source of funding for transportation and upon corporations […]
Save Our Public Transit Demonstration 6/8
SAVE OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT! March & Rally Friday, June 8th at 3:00 PM Meet at 11 Stanwix Street (the corner of Stanwix St and Fort Pitt Blvd in Downtown Pittsburgh). The Pennsylvania General Assembly is about to go into summer recess without any solution to the state’s transportation funding crisis in place–it’s time to […]
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Ross Nicotero: PRT’s hiring and retention is crisis that must be addressed now
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Several weeks ago, Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) launched a public input process to overhaul the downtown bus network. This is the first portion of a system-wide transit network redesign, to osten...2 weeks ago
Take action to support transit workers - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
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Without transit workers, we have no transit system. Our transit system is short 220+ workers and our scheduled service is in decline. This Transit Worker Appreciation Day, join PPT in calling on our n...