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Passengers disembark Westmoreland Transit buses at the Westmoreland Transit Center in downtown Greensburg in this file photo.
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Westmoreland County Transit Authority buses could serve as mobile help wanted ads to bolster flagging revenues as ridership stagnates amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Authority board members approved a revision to the agency’s contract with a private advertising agency that will allow help wanted signs to appear on buses as they circulate through the county and on commuter routes into Pittsburgh.
“Two-and-a-half years ago, we hired a private company to sell advertising on the buses, and that was a very big increase in revenue,” said authority Deputy Director Ashley Cooper-Brounce. “Now, we’ve had a few companies that wanted to advertise for employees, but help wanted wasn’t authorized in our policy.�