by Dan Yablonsky | Aug 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
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 PPT runs an open nomination and election process for our general...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jul 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each quarter the Port Authority adjusts its transit schedules and routes to account for rider’s requests, ridership shifts, construction, road closures and/or all of the other unexpected hiccups that might affect Pittsburgh roads. In case you missed it, the most...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pittsburghers for Public Transit’s new report, “Wait, Who’s Driving This Thing?: Bringng the Public to the Autonomous Vehicle Table”, with Forward by Anita Cozart, Senior Policy Director at PolicyLink It did not take much time for Pittsburghers...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jul 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
On Thursday, July 18th, more than 70 residents from Hazelwood, the Run, Panther Hollow, and the surrounding communities made it known: the public wants to be included in the City’s decisions about driverless vehicle technology on their public streets with their...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jul 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the three years since driverless vehicles have been tested in real-life on Pittsburgh streets, the City has not hosted a single opportunity for residents to learn more about the technology’s impacts or decide if unproven AV solutions are worthy of public...
by Dan Yablonsky | Jul 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pittsburghers deserve a public conversation about driverless vehicles in our city. Pittsburghers for Public Transit believes that residents are long-overdue for a public conversation about the autonomous vehicles that have been roaming our streets for the last three...