Lorena Pena said she loves living in Pittsburgh, but struggles with the stress of using the region’s public transit system, which she said is often unreliable. Pena, who has lived in the city for about two years, gets up at 4 a.m. to make sure she has time to catch
The pandemic hit public transit agencies hard, especially with decreases in ridership and large service cuts, and Pittsburgh Regional Transit has not avoided those issues. Starting on Nov. 20, PRT will reduce service hours by nearly 2%, which will impact 11 bus routes and the blue line light-rail route, according
"I think it's important to note, we're prioritizing a handful of businesses and largely visitors to our city over primary residents of Allegheny County and the city of Pittsburgh, and that really shouldn't be the case," Laura Chu Wiens, executive director of Pittsburghers for Public Transit, told Pittsburgh's Action News 4.
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The Federal Transit Administration has awarded the Port Authority of Allegheny County $565,500 to study Transit Oriented Development along a possible extension of the Martin.