Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots union of transit riders, workers and neighbors. Together we organize for an expanded, affordable and accessible public transit system that meets all needs, with no communities left behind.
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Keep the ‘Public’ in Public Transit: Privatization is a Bad Deal
by Andrew Wagner photo by Dawn Jackman-Biery With the Port Authority of Allegheny County in financial trouble, we’re hearing the call for “privatization” from some powerful political and business interests. These privatizers include some of the same politicians whose failure to adequately fund transit helped create the crisis, and they include business people who see […]

Transportation is Our Need – and Our Right
photo by Dawn Jackman-Biery by Mel Packer Imagine, Dear Rider, that you go to your usual bus or trolley stop and find that it is strangely silent, that others have been standing for quite a while and no bus has been seen. You ask another rider who tells you that the news says that the […]

3/26 Rally, OnoRATo Refuses the Union’s Concessions, Cuts Transit, Lays Off 180
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Stop the Cuts! 24 Hours of Action!
Stop the Cuts! Sign-up for 24 Hours of Action to Save Public Transit in Allegheny County! Beginning at 11:00 AM on Thursday, March 24 through 11:00 AM Friday, March 25 Culminating in a rally on Friday at 8:30 AM before the Port Authority Board Meeting At Port Authority Head Quarters, 6th St. and Smithfield Ave. […]
3/19/11 MARCH TO STOP THE CUTS!
VIDEO:WPXI – http://www.wpxi.com/news/27250940/detail.htmlWTAE – http://www.wtae.com/news/27251486/detail.html Photos by Dawn Jackman-Biery From the Post-Gazette: Nancy Downie of Delmont had never participated in a protest in all of her 58 years but Saturday she joined a Squirrel Hill march and rally by an estimated 500 like-minded opponents of impending Port Authority service cuts. Simply put, she came “to […]

MARCH TO STOP THE CUTS! 3/19!
FACEBOOK EVENT Location & Time Beacon and Murray to Forbes and Murray in Squirrel Hill at NOON Created by: Pittsburghers for Public Transit, The Port Authority plans to institute an unnecessary and devastating 15 percent service cut on March 27th. Transit riders, workers, and all those concerned about the health of our city must show […]
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Transit advocates call for public input on proposed route changes
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit has proposed significant changes to several popular bus routes in the City of Pittsburgh and its eastern suburbs, and they will accept public comment on their proposal unti...4 days ago
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Transit riders release a new report to give the state of public transit in the City of Pittsburgh and outline steps for the City to improve it Public transportation is a lifeline for tens of thousands...5 days ago
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Transit riders release a new report to give the state of public transit in the City of Pittsburgh and outline steps for the City to improve it Public transportation is a lifeline for tens of thousands...1 week ago