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“We Have to Believe We Deserve Better!”- Laura Wiens Speaks at Panel on Democracy and Corporate Power
If we expect to have a livable future in Pittsburgh, we’ve got to believe that we deserve better. In this case, it means keeping Amazon out. Our resources are our land, our taxes, our infrastructure and roads, our beautiful housing stock, our working-class mythology and culture. Not only are the corporations coming here to take […]
Armed Police Have No Place Checking Fares!
At last week’s Port Authority meeting, Port Authority CEO Katherine Kelleman announced that Port Authority will most likely be walking back the proposal to have armed police officers checking for fare payment. PPT and the Don’t Criminalize Transit Riders Coalition is glad to hear this news- this policy would endanger the lives of thousands of riders of […]
Updated BRT Plan to be Presented at Mon Valley Meetings Next Month
The tremendous amount of work that the BRT campaign has put in has changed the conversation in the city and highlighted the importance of equity in transit decisions. We’ve gotten tons of support and media coverage the past several months, and the the community response has made the Port Authority reconsider its initial proposal. They […]
Victory! Duquesne residents win their bus back!
Residents of Hilltop Parkview Manor in Duquesne have been without a bus for too long. This fall, they fought to have service restored so that they would not have to face a long walk on dimly-lit, steep, and dangerous streets to their nearest bus stop. Check out the Post-Gazette article from the testimony at the board that […]
PPT Presents Full List of Sign ons to BRT Letter
At this month’s Port Authority Board meeting, PPT presented a final list of organizations and individuals that have signed on to the demands letter around the BRT. PPT has been working closely with Just Harvest around this campaign for the past several months. Here is the letter in full with the signees listed at the […]
PPT Celebrates Transit Worker Appreciation Day
Thank you to all the drivers and transit workers that do all they can to get us to our destination safely! Shoutout to Sue Scanlon and Tom Conroy for being awesome bus drivers and for all the work they do with PPT, Larry Bernard and Paul for showing us around the Manchester Main Shop, and […]
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Woman's Pittsburgh Sinkhole Bus Tattoo Goes Viral
While the Pittsburgh bus sinkhole is starting to fade from our memories, the viral image of a Port Authority bus is now a permanent tattoo on one Pittsburgher."CMU students protest U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao’s appearance at Traffic21 event" ow.ly/FFvR50x5Vyg
CMU students protest U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao’s appearance at Traffic21 event
Today, Pittsburgh hosted a high-profile member of the Trump administration, and a small group of Carnegie Mellon University students were not pleased. At the Traffic21...From East Liberty, to the Lower Hill, to the Northside; the story isn't much different for Pittsburgh. Neighborhoods that suffered "white flight" and disinvestment during the 80s are now ground-zero for gentrification and displacement.
Opinion | Gentrification in D.C. was not fated. Policy made it happen.
Attracting more residents was the goal, but it ripped apart black neighborhoods.Lowering fares, facilitating payment, decriminalizing nonpayment, removing police presence, student and family passes: this is what transit equity looks like. We can do it here in Pittsburgh.
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How to Win the Fight for Fair and Equitable Transit
Start by dismantling the systemic barriers that disproportionately penalize low-income bus riders.Awesome first-person narrative from Ms. Colette Funches on her experience participating in PPT's Beyond the East Busway campaign:
"Many people - young and old, employed or not employed - need the use of bus service every day. They can be sure of safe, well-trained bus service drivers who can get them to and from their destination safely and on time. Riders use the bus several times a week, or on multiple trips, for a daily commute and sometimes no more than once a week. As riders they want to be certain that buses will arrive in a timely fashion; the wait time should not be too long."
Shoutout to Carnegie Library of McKeesport! Thanks for your support! ow.ly/4xtW50x1XW7