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Transit justice groups released a report this week calling for $20 billion to be set aside in the federal infrastructure package for public transportation. It estimates that the increased services funded by the bill would bring seven times as much transit access to riders in boroughs like Braddock, Pennsylvania.
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Critics say the proposed fare changes won't improve transit access for cash riders and advocated for a low income fare program.
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The foundations behind the Hazelwood Green development site have proposed funding a long-debated shuttle between Oakland, Hazelwood and the former steel…
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A report published Tuesday makes the case for a low-income fare program for public transit in Allegheny County. Pittsburghers for Public Transit, a…
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Some riders on the Port Authority’s route 91 bus were met by their state representative on Wednesday morning. Democrat Sara Innamorato and members of her…
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Getting to work can feel like running an extended obstacle course: kids who refuse to put on coats, construction detours, bus delays. The prize? Doing it…
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Cleanup efforts are underway on Pittsburgh’s South Side to remove seven derailed cars from a Norfolk Southern freight train, which caused extensive damage…
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Transit in Allegheny County should be equitable, connected to affordable housing, a conduit for economic opportunity and a means to improve regional air…
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In 1859, Pittsburgh was the 17th largest city in the United States, housed nearly 1,000 factories and was a major industrial force. The town of about 50,000 was in the middle of earning its nickname, the Steel City, producing large amounts of the strong material and growing each year.
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From 1967 to 1971, Westinghouse tested their autonomous transit system, Skybus, on a 1.77-mile raised concrete track. The electric-powered rubber-wheeled buses could be operated remotely by engineers at a control station.