The Pennsylvania Turnpike is getting rid of the toll booths that require drivers to slow down when entering or exiting the toll road.
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City leaders gathered Downtown Monday to highlight the need for more traffic-calming measures as the city seeks to reduce fatal crashes.
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The derailment in Northampton County involved three trains that left some railroad cars scattered along a riverbank and at least one partially in the river.
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The derailment in eastern Pennsylvania left some railroad cars along a riverbank and at least one partially in the river but caused no reported injuries or hazardous materials concerns
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The cost of providing water and sewage across the country has been increasing by more than triple the rate of inflation — and that cost is increasing even faster in the Pittsburgh area, as the region undergoes generational infrastructure improvements. Some water and sewage utilities are doing better than others at helping vulnerable customers keep their water on.
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A Spotlight PA analysis reveals the program, which was closed for more than a year to resolve a backlog, has funds to help more than 3,000 homeowners.
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National Transit Safety Board officials said the bridge was in such poor condition, it should have been closed to traffic before the collapse could take place.
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Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato is seeking candidates for five available positions on the 11-member board of Pittsburgh Regional Transit.
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President Joe Biden is praising what he says were “Herculean efforts” to rebuild at the site of last February's train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Biden is visiting Friday, more than a year after a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed causing a deadly explosive fire.
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The popular program can pay for improvements and repairs that help Pennsylvania homes adapt to climate change and lower their carbon emissions.
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The Allegheny Conference is a civic leadership organization that has been promoting business development in the Pittsburgh region for 75 years.