PHOTOS! Visionary Transit Service Campaign Kickoff & PPT Summer Party!

image description: photo collage of PPT Members having a great time at the Summer Party and Campaign Kickoff!

PPT kicks off the brand new Visionary Transit Service Campaign at the Summer Party – and spent a beautiful night enjoying delicious food, super-fun music, and the beautiful community we’re building together!

What an amazing time we had at our annual summer party! Thank you to the 130 PPT members and supporters who made it such a special night by attending and participating in the fun. Together, this crew has done some amazing work and we’re got so many more wins coming on the horizon. To recap here’s what our party had in store for us: 

  • Launched our NEW Allegheny County VISIONARY TRANSIT SERVICE campaign
  • Had delicious food from Chicken Latino and Aladdin’s 
  • Danced the night away to DJ Juan Diego!
  • Were amazed by O’Ryan the O’Mazing and played lawn games with our family and friends
  • Heard powerful stories from some of our PPT members, up close and in person
  • Met and/or reunited with over 100 PPT members and supporters 
  • Voted for our new PPT Board of Directors
  • Wrapped up our successful Summer Member Drive, with 150 new and renewing members!
  • Celebrated our victories so far this year 

But for the night’s main event, we launched A BRAND NEW campaign for Visionary Transit Service in Allegheny County!! Check out the new report and campaign!

image description: PPT Member and Visionary Transit Service Report Co-author Tayveon Kevin Smith launches the new report and campaign

Whether you’re black or white, whether you live in the North Hills or the South Hills, McKeesport or McKees Rocks, everyone deserves access to opportunity. Public transit gives us a healthy, clean, and affordable way for everyone to get around and can be that link. After decades of decline in our transit service and the possibility of every single transit line changing during Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s Bus Line Redesign, Pittsburghers for Public decided that the time for a big vision of what transit service can be is now.

The new Allegheny County Campaign for Visionary Transit Service says that better transit service is possible, neccessary and would be transformative for Allegheny County Communities. The campaign shows how frequent, accessible transit enabling all residents to reach their jobs, critical services, friends, and family is possible. It sets goals for expanded coverage, increased service and wider span of coverage throughout the day.

But most importantly, the Allegheny County Campaign for Visionary Service lays out how we can win this service by organizing together, electing politicians who will fight for public transit, and winning back the funding to move our communities.

The time for Visionary Transit Service in Allegheny County is now. Learn more and get involved here:


Check out these photos from the campaign launch and summer party, but first – BECOME A PPT MEMBER TO SUPPORT THIS GREAT WORK!

Image description: Portrait of PPT Member Lorena Pena with a caption that reads “Lorena Pena PPT Member organizing with the Latino Community for better transit.” next to text that reads “Summer Member Drive”