Greening the Fleet

My preference for buses puzzles some people. But consider the benefits of ditching your car. - PublicSource | News for a better Pittsburgh

4 hours ago

Shout out to Anthony Puglionesi, who's doin the smart math on transit v car-ownership. What would you do with an extra $7,700?:

"The clearest benefit of ditching the whole car idea is financial. A recent study by AAA found that the average cost of owning a new car is $8,849 per year over the first five years (assuming you drive 15,000 miles per year, an average distance for drivers aged 20-54). This cost includes gas, insurance, maintenance and inspection fees, and depreciation of the vehicle’s value.

The cost of a monthly transit pass in Pittsburgh is $97.50. If you do the math, by not owning a car and opting to take public transportation, a Pittsburgher might put about $7,700 in their pocket each year."
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Compelling personal stories told by the people living them. Each weekday, I wake up in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, take two buses to reach Moon Township and walk about half a mile to get to m...

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How Segregation Caused Your Traffic Jam

6 hours ago

Remember though that racist urban renewal is not just a thing of the past. It's still happening now, here in Pittsburgh. Gentrification. Poor transit access. Over-policing. Laws that favor landlords & developers. Low wages. Investment in tech innovation over resident needs. These are all tools to suppress, divide, and conquer that are at play in our City today.

As the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival says, its gunna take a new, unsettling force to disrupt these systems. But we have the power. Lets connect our struggles and make that world a reality. ow.ly/snlY50vAyD2 ... See MoreSee Less

In some of America’s most congested cities, roadways were designed to keep people “in their place.”

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Downtown Bus Ridership Has Doubled Over Past Year - ColumbusUnderground.com

24 hours ago

Some serious food for thought. ow.ly/Dx1M50vAyiS ... See MoreSee Less

Thanks to a unique program that offers free bus passes to most Downtown workers, transit ridership for the Downtown area has more than doubled year-over-year since the program went into effect. The C-...

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Votes Are In: PPT Membership Elects New Coordinating Committee Members - Pittsburghers for Public Transit

1 day ago

CONGRATS! To all the winners of PPT's Coordinating Committee election. And THANK YOU to everyone who ran. This was the largest slate of candidates to ever run in a PPT election. <3 <3 The energy is high and there are good things to come. ow.ly/GD2s50vAyMY ... See MoreSee Less

Pittsburghers for Public Transit believes in transparency, accountability, public participation, democracy, collaboration, and shared leadership. And we want to practice what we preach. So each year P...

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3 days ago

Your bus can be FASTER + CHEAPER.

Use this tool to build a grassroots vision of how to expand the East Busway into the Mon Valley and Eastern Suburbs:
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Beyond the East Busway

Pittsburghers For Public Transit: Beyond the East Busway