by Dan Yablonsky | Jul 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, June 29th, more than 100 transit riders, transit workers and allies in the Transit for All PA! coalition convened on the Capitol steps to kick off the fight for a dedicated $1.65 billion dollars in annual funding for Pennsylvania public transit. Residents...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jul 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
PRESS RELEASE: Over a Hundred PA Transit Riders and Workers Rally in Harrisburg to Launch the Transit for All PA! Platform, Calling for Fully-Funded Transit to Meet the Needs of Workers and the Economy Media Contacts: Laura Chu Wiens, Executive Director,...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Its time to build transit that moves all Pennsylvanians! Rally planned in Harrisburg on June 29th! Transit can be transformational for Pennsylvania. But the clock is running out for PA’s transit riders, workers, and systems. The state’s major transit...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Image of PPT Board Member Lisa Gonzalez speaking to Secretary Buttigieg about the Fair Fares report published by PPT last Fall. Ms Lisa is wearing a yellow shirt. Secretary Buttigieg is holding the report, wearing a white shirt and blue tie. They are standing outside...
by Dan Yablonsky | May 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Pittsburghers for Public Transit, a project of The Thomas Merton Center, is a grassroots organization of public transit riders, workers, and residents who defend and expand public transit. We are seeking a full-time community organizer to start in Summer 2021!...
by Dan Yablonsky | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Photo from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette of a woman walking off of a red Port Authority bus downtown at Wood Street Station. It is night time and the neon above the station glows red as the breeze blows the front of her long coat. Public comment period closes on Port...
