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Three Port Authority Board Members Join PPT Bus Ride-Along
PPT has been inviting members of the Port Authority Board of Directors to ride the bus with the drivers and riders who interact with the system day in and day out. These riders and operators are the unsung experts of our transit system, and they need to be brought to the table if we’re going […]
Organizations and Residents Call for Holistic Public Process on Driverless Vehicles
For three years, City leaders have made the decision to subsidize the development of Autonomous Vehicle Technology – through the use of our roadways as a test track, through the blushing pride with which our city advertises itself as a tech hub without any regulatory framework, through the $23 million new road to accommodate an […]
Nominate advocates to join PPT’s Coordinating Committee
Join the core team of people who coordinate the direction of PPT PPT’s Coordinating Committee is the equivalent of our board of directors. We are looking for people who understand the importance of our work and are looking to get more involved in directing the course of our campaigns, communications, and actions. Structure and Expectations […]
Application Open! PPT Launches New Organizing Fellowship
Who are we PITTSBURGHERS FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT (PPT) is a grassroots organization of transit riders, transit workers, and residents, mobilizing for equitable, affordable, and sustainable public transit. What we do In 2018 PPT launched our Riders Vision for Public Transit. The ‘Riders Vision’ was created by dozens of transit riders and operators from across Allegheny […]
New Video: Ride public transit? You can make it better.
Hey Pittsburgh! You’re an expert in public transit, and you know how to make it better. Share your comments, ideas & questions about Port Authority and we’ll bring them with us when we ride the bus 1 on 1 with Port Authority Board Members. Bus running late?Any input on fares?Got a favorite bus driver? Leave […]
Call for a full and proper public process around autonomous vehicles
PPT believes that residents deserve a full, frank public conversation about all the possible effects of an Autonomous Vehicle future – the increase in car congestion, the job loss, the sprawl, the effect on our environment, the decrease in public transit service and ridership, the heightened displacement and gentrification, the Billions needed in public subsidy, etc. […]
Times are hard, but Port Authority has to increase service on its most crowded routes - for the safety of its riders and drivers: ow.ly/dMyV50z3ej1
🚨🚨IF YOU ARE STIll RIDING TRANSIT please take our survey. Help us advocate for safe conditions: bit.ly/Covid19Transit
Despite low ridership, Port Authority may have to add buses to maintain distancing
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Ridership is down about 75%, but some trips have enough riders that it is difficult to keep a safe distance from others .We need an accurate census count in Allegheny County-- it will determine how much money we get in state and federal funding for all sorts of critical programs including public transit, education and healthcare, for the next decade! It just takes ten minutes, and is completely confidential. You can call 844-467-2020, or fill it out online at my2020census.gov. #EverybodyCounts #CensusChallenge #igotcounted #KeystoneCounts
Taking the Census is ACTIVISM. #CensusDayofAction #KeystoneCounts #2020Census #CountMeIn #Censo2020
Port Authority gets over $28MILLION from the Census results. Do your part & get your community vital resources & representation: ow.ly/a2Ub50z1C0r
Make sure YOU are counted in the 2020 census - Pittsburghers for Public Transit
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Public Transit relies on you taking the census! Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) has joined the Keystone Counts Coalition to help ensure a fair and accurate count of the upcoming 2020 census, wh...April 1st is #NationalCensusDay of Action. Spread the word, inviting others to participate, so we can have fair political representation and adequate funding for public transit and other community needs. #KeystoneCounts #CountMeIn
TAKE YOUR CENSUS HERE: ow.ly/lE2u50z1Cch
Celebrate the frontline transit workers who are moving us past this crisis - and provide them the protections and compensation they deserve. ow.ly/k5CX50z1lJB
Transit workers are heroes, too — and we need to get them protected
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Oliver Cyrus, Garrett Goble, Peter Petrassi, Anil Subba — four New York City transportation workers, all dead last week amid the coronavirus pandemic that has swept Gotham. The deaths are a remind...