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Emergency Rally Against Transit Cuts! TOMORROW 1/26
Tomorrow morning the Port Authority Board of Directors will be meeting to officially vote on the proposed 35% transit cuts. Join members of Pittsburghers for Public Transit and ATU Local 85 to demand that PAT stand up for transit riders and workers! Where: The Heinz Building, 345 6th Avenue Downtown Pittsburgh When: 8:15 AM – […]
Transit funding needs a fix – we know how, tax the rich!
Marchers rallying on the steps of East Liberty Presbyterian Church By Jonna Jamie Pittsburgh, PA- On September 24, 2011 200 Pittsburghers marched down Penn Avenue through the neighborhood of East Liberty demanding “more transit, not less” and “no more cuts” to the bus routes in Allegheny County and beyond. The march and rally was organized […]
Occupy Pittsburgh / PPT Transit action!
Pittsburghers for Public Transit is partnering with our friends at Occupy Pittsburgh (http://www.occupypittsburgh.org) for the following action: Week of Action – Occupy Pittsburgh Public Transit Action Start: 12/16/2011 3:00 pm As many of you know, Port Authority of Allegheny County is pondering additional service cuts – up to 35% – effective in 2012. Last March, […]
MARCH AND RALLY TO SAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT – 9/24 AT NOON – MELLON PARK IN EAST LIBERTY
Backers of Transit Try to Mobilize
Thursday, August 11, 2011 By Dan Majors, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Community groups calling for more public transit Wednesday met in the Hill District with a clear goal: If they’re going to get people on buses, they have to get people in the streets.“As organizers, we need to adopt the civil rights model,” said Mel Packer of […]
Homewood Community Forum on Transit!
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Mt. Washington has one of the best views of the city – but decaying sidewalks keep disabled residents and tourists from appreciating it.
Ross Nicotero: PRT’s hiring and retention is crisis that must be addressed now
triblive.com
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...
Take action to support transit workers - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org
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...