Image Description: Red Port Authority traveling in front of Bynum Theater in downtown PGH. Image from Flickr user: Can Pac Swire Four times every year, the Port Authority adjusts its transit schedules and routes to account for construction, road closures, rider’s...
On November 2nd, Pittsburghers elected Representative Ed Gainey to become their next mayor. In the leadup to this election, PPT’s Director Laura Chu Wiens and Member Emily Howe published an op-ed in the Trib to outline how this next mayor needs to center public...
#VoteTransit: Public Transit is a Mayoral Issue Local transit initiatives have the power to map Pittsburgh’s future cityscape, and along with it, improve housing equity and economic growth for all residents. While federal transit funding makes headlines as a...
image of three PPT members canvassing at a table. One is holding a handwritten sign that reads “Ready to Ride!” Riders’ Voices Were Heard! Riders are successful in uplifting priorities in Port Authority’s first-ever long-range plan. (Pittsburgh, PA)...
image description: a pile of burning money Demand accountability. With no public input, Mayor Peduto & City Council rushed to approve their spending plan for Pittsburgh’s $335 Million of COVID relief funding in less than 3 weeks. They have already passed...
