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Its time for Allegheny County transit to thrive! Pittsburghers for Public Transit members are traveling to Harrisburg tomorrow to release HB 1307 with Rep. Joe Hohenstein and Rep. Sara Innamorato. The bill will allow PA counties to raise additional funding for transit.

Representative Joe Hohenstein is introducing HB 1307 which would allow Allegheny County, Lancaster County and the SEPTA region the option to raise local transit funding to add to existing state funding for transit. 

This local source funding was a key goal of the Transit for All PA! campaign that PPT launched back in 2021 with the Amalgamated Transit Union and transit advocates from across the state. Enabling local source funding for our PA transit systems has long been one of the key needs to ensure that transit is fully funded in our regions. It would provide the local match needed to access the unprecedented funding available through the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and advance some truly transformative transit projects to improve transit accessibility, air quality, and economic outcomes in our regions. 

RSVP to meet us in Harrisburg to support the press conference on June 20th!

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PPT is a grassroots union of transit riders and transit workers. Our members hold elections each July to vote in the next round of leaders to our Board of Directors. If you're a PPT member who wants to take your organizing to the next level, run for the Board! Nominations are open until July 3rd.

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PRT has some big projects that they're planning and riders need to be involved. Learn more about the projects and get involved below:

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Love a win! Riders secure almost $600k to improve PRT's Customer Service after Red Line riders and others got organized.

After suffering months of dysfunction and nearly non-existent transit service, riders on the Red line got organized to demand increased transparency at the agency. Their work has secured almost $600k allocated in PRT's 2024 budget to expand customer service to run all hours that the system has service. AND information will now be provided to riders about emergency detours.

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Meet Nicole Gallagher! PPT’s newest staff member and the org's second Community Organizer. Here's Nicole's secret recipe for what makes her as an organizer:

Recipe for a PPT Organizer:

9 years labor organizer with Unite Here

20 years proud service industry worker 

A dash of local, diy Pittsburgh organizing

Several ounces of personal and family history of riding public transit 

A heavy pour of working class, immigrant family 

Shaken not stirred. 

There you have PPT’s newest community organizer, Nicole Gallagher! Her family roots and strong sense of right and wrong have made social justice work a pleasure through most of her adult life. At any meeting, you’ll hear her sharing tales from her union organizing experience at hotels in Chicago or the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. When she’s not sharing about work, find her telling true stories at local storytelling events around the city or out hiking in the woods with her dogs. 

• Transit for All PA! Press Conference in Harrisburg to launch HB 1307 (in-person) // PA State Capitol // June 20th at 9:30am // info here
  
  
• PRT's Herron Station Improvement Plan Public Meeting (virtual) // June 22 // Open Rider Survey & Public Input Map // Info here
  
  
• PRT's Downtown Transit Network Redesign Public Meetings (virtual) // June 28th @ 5:30pm or June 29th @ noon // info here
  
  
• Labor & Disability Justice: Towards Solidarity hosted by PeoplesHub (online) // June 28th // info here
  
  

• PPT Board Nominations are open until July 3rd. Nominate a PPT member to run for our Board here!
  
  

• PPT Board Elections Kick-off at July Monthly Meeting (hybrid) // 1 Smithfield Street or on Zoom // July 12th // RSVP here
  
  
• PPT July Membership Drive // July 12 to July 31 // become a member here

Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots union of transit riders, workers and neighbors. Together, we organize for a more affordable, accessible and expanded transit system that meets all our needs, with no communities left out.

PPT is fueled by volunteer energy of people like you. Donate today to support our organizing for transit justice.

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