Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto makes his monthly appearance on the program. We discuss the new 'Safer Together' initiative that the mayor hopes will increase public safety and improve community-police relations, raising the minimum wage and ways to make downtown more livable.
Mayor Peduto says the 'Safer Together' initiative is designed to coordinate the efforts of the community with the efforts of the police. According to him, increasing public safety involves developing a connection between the two camps.
"Personal attention starts to create a bond," he says. "This isn't something that's like a light switch and you just flip it."
The Mayor also discussed plans to make downtown more livable, mentioning the National Complete Streets Coalition as a model for revising and maintaining our transportation infrastructure.
Tweets from this segment:
On Pittsburgh's Snow/Ice Removal Plans:
@esspgh @billpeduto I'm concerned with the volume of road salt impacting our rivers' ecosystems from road runoff.
— Jenda thinks you are doing great (@allthingsnoisy) February 11, 2015
@billpeduto @esspgh @905wesa Why do I only have 24 hours to remove ice but the city doesn't ever remove ice from southside slope stairs?
— Benny k (@bkoslow) February 11, 2015
On Public Safety & Community-Police Relations:
@esspgh @billpeduto @905wesa After painful &fragmenting failure of Stop&Frisk in NYC,can't WE/PGH use other tools that don't break trust?
— We Change Pittsburgh (@WeChangePgh) February 11, 2015
@esspgh @billpeduto Chicago gave hundreds of high-risk kids a summer job. Violent crime arrests plummeted.http://t.co/FoLUVYwdUf
— Jamie (@DemInPGH) February 11, 2015
