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39 Weekend Bus Service Fight in Brookline!
On July 25 a group of incredible Brookline transit riders and a bus operator presented over 550 petition signatures and resident testimony to the Port Authority board, requesting additional Saturday service hours and the restoration of Sunday bus service on the 39. Those same transit riders and operator will be meeting with Councilman Anthony Coghill on […]
What an amazing BRT and 59 Bus Celebration, and Launch of the Riders’ Vision for Public Transit!
Thank you to all those who joined us on the evening of June 25 to celebrate and lead the way for a more equitable, affordable and accessible public transit for all! See the Riders’ Vision for Public Transi tand Join the Campaign to fight for dedicated connections from the East Busway to Monroeville and McKeesport, free […]
The Riders’ Vision for Public Transit
Join us! Sign up on our main page to take part in any of the four planks of the Riders’ Transit Vision: Transit as A Roadmap for Economic Opportunity, A Foundation for Equity, A Solution for Air Quality and Climate Change, and A Vital Link for Quality, Affordable Housing.
Join Us: BRT 61 Bus Celebration and the Riders’ Vision for Better Transit
A Celebration of the BRT 61 Bus Service Victory and the release of The Riders’ Vision for Better Transit Monday June 25th 5:30-8:00 pm Rankin Christian Center 230 3rd Ave, Rankin, PA 15104 RSVP here On June 25th, PPT and Mon Valley Initiative will hold a Celebration and Launch of a Transit Riders’ Vision for […]
PPT takes part in press conference calling for electric buses
“Laura Wiens of Pittsburghers for Public Transit applauded the incremental progress the Port Authority has seen in winning the $500,000 grant for the agency’s first electric bus, but said there are multiple funding sources available that could help build a large scale fleet of electric buses. She mentioned that Pennsylvania is receiving about $118 million […]
Victory! Armed officers will not be checking fare payment on the T
Thanks to all the hard work of the Don’t Criminalize Transit Riders Campaign over this past year, the Port Authority has walked back their initial proposal of having armed police check fare payment on the T! Thank you to the many hundreds of people that signed petitions and postcards, gave powerful testimony at the Port Authority Board, showed up […]
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...