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Come Party With Us! 2021 Was a Year of Transit Campaigns Worth Celebrating
In 2021, PPT members brought both the SHELTER and the STORM! Join us to celebrate a year of successful (and hard-fought) transit organizing. In 2021, PPT members brought both the SHELTER and the STORM. This year was hard – the crushing effects of the pandemic, a transit death spiral, a transit funding cliff. Jobs and […]
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Finally, We Can Win Better Transit from Homestead to McKeesport
It’s GO Time. Homestead to McKeesport Transit Improvements are within reach! Let’s make sure we see through to the finish line our demands for quality transit Beyond the East Busway: the Homestead to McKeesport edition. The Context: Years of organizing from riders led to the Port Authority’s recent adoption of the NextTransit long-range plan to build […]
We are the shelter. We are the storm: Year-End Fundraising Campaign!
“We have to care for our neighbors and be the shelter. We have to fight for them and be the storm.” – Alisa Grishman, PPT Member Your support for PPT will mean that more neighbors like Alisa will organize to win quality, affordable public transit in Allegheny County and across Pennsylvania. A note from PPT […]
What the New Infrastructure Bill Means for Pittsburgh Transit Riders
New Infrastructure Bill will bring historic levels of funding to Port Authority for capital projects – but it will also mean historic levels of highway funding too… We need the Senate to pass the Build Back Better act for climate justice now. For the last two years, PPT members have been calling for the federal […]
Rundown of Q3 & Q4 2021 Service Adjustments – with takeaways from the @PGH_Bus_Info Hotline
Four times every year, the Port Authority adjusts its transit schedules and routes to account for construction, road closures, rider’s requests, ridership shifts, and/or all of the other unexpected changes that might affect Pittsburgh roads. These quarterly adjustments were dialed back because of the pandemic, but they seem to be back on track now that ridership […]