by Dan Yablonsky | Jan 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
[image with a link to the presentation that Port Authority has been presenting at these meetings] Image description: rendering of a bus rapid transit system on Fifth Ave in Oakland, with clean bus shelters, curb bump-outs, bike lanes and large crosswalks with curb...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jan 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
PPT members are ready to organize for transformation Pittsburghers for Public Transit is proud to announce that we far exceeded even our reach goal for the organization’s 2020 year-end fundraiser – “Transit Towards Transformation” – with over 320...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jan 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Help bring an end to solitary confinement at the Allegheny County Jail, and pass Breonna’s Law to end no-knock warrants because transit justice is an intersectional issue! Join members of Pittsburghers for Public Transit to support the county-wide effort to end...
by Dan Yablonsky | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ms. Terri Minor Spencer, of West End P.O.W.E.R. with PPT board and staff during a pre-pandemic organizing meeting for the 22-McCoy weekend service restoration campaign. “We rely heavily on the 22-McCoy. We use it for everything.” Last month, Port Authority...
by Dan Yablonsky | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Post Gazette Transit riders and workers win $14 billion to keep their systems running during COVID-19. But more organizing will be needed in 2021. We did it. With the stimulus package just ratified in the US. House and Senate, we have won...
by Dan Yablonsky | Dec 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Having the bus all week long gives me the freedom to move.” Public transit has always been essential for workers and our city – 2020 proved it. Pittsburghers for Public Transit has continued to organize with communities through this pandemic. We are...
