Image Description: PPT Executive Director, Laura Chu Wiens, presents an award to PPT Member Lorena Pena!

New $142.3 million grant marks the next phase in residents’ successful campaign to extend the East Busway!

Transit riders, residents, businesses, and elected officials in the Mon Valley and Eastern Suburbs have been working hard to extend the East Busway’s benefits into their communities. After years of organizing to uplift the demand for better transit, we are celebrating the U.S. Department of Transportation grant announced last week that will fund an extension of the East Busway to Monroeville, improve sidewalks and pedestrian connections around Monroeville bus stops, and fund some important maintenance on the existing East Busway. 

Watch the video from the Southwestern PA Commission that shows how bus lanes and ramps will be built on 376:

Image Description: PPT Executive Director, Laura Chu Wiens, presents an award to PPT Member Lorena Pena!

Image description: illustration from PPT artist Neve Monroe-Anderson shows 5 people standing together on top of a bus holding signs. One of them is a transit worker. One is wearing a PPT t-shirt. One is in a wheelchair.

These victories aren't possible without a strong base of PPT Members. You can help us win bigger in 2024 by becoming an active PPT Member Today!

Our 2024 Strategic Plan, "We Ride Together!", has been crafted over the last 5 months with input from more than 150 PPT Members at 3 big events. Its been edited and workshopped by our staff and board and the final draft is up for a ratification vote before January 1st.

Image Description: PPT Executive Director, Laura Chu Wiens, presents an award to PPT Member Lorena Pena!

PARTY PICTURES + VIDEO: The PPT Family had a great time at our year-end victory party. If you couldn't make it, you can still check out the pictures and video! (Thanks to County Exec-Elect Innamorato and Councilwoman Barb Warwick for stopping by)

From campaign wins, to organizational growth to successful events, we had a year for the history books. All of the work is only possible because of our members, but this year we wanted to give a few members some special awards. 

Image Description: (photo credit to Casa San Jose) selfie of three Casa San Jose members riding the T with a brightly-colored, flower-shaped sign that reads “Si Se Puede”

Wins for More Language Access on Transit! Casa San Jose and Pittsburghers for Public Transit Celebrate Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s Steps Toward Language Equity

You may have noticed that starting the week of December 10th, Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) began playing bilingual announcements in English and Spanish at select train stations along the Red Line! PRT also added Spanish language access on its Customer Service line (412-422-2000), and Spanish language information has been added to LED info boards along the Red Line.

image description: PPT staff members Laura and Dan take a selfie in front of the US Capitol Building during 

Help push for more funding for more service in our systems! PPT Staff just spend time on Capitol Hill. You can help our movement by asking your reps to support the "Stronger Communities and Transit" bill!

We are coming together to talk about how public transit, like trains and buses, and accessible walking and bike routes, give us a healthy, clean, and affordable way for everyone to get around. We will meet with Senator Butler’s staff and staff for other members of Congress to ask them to support Congressmember Johnson's Stronger Communities through Better Transit Act. 

Can you join us and call on your senators and congressmember to support this vital legislation?

image description: big group of smiling PPT members pose together in front of a sign that reads "This Bus Is For All of US" at the 2022 year-end party.

Join the PPT Team! We're hiring a Digital Orgnizer. Submit your application before January 10th to guarendee its reviewed!

The PPT Digital Organizer will work with the Digital Organizing Director, the rest of the PPT staff, and the PPT Membership to grow our base and win our campaigns by building out digital infrastructure, online-to-offline organizing funnels, and strategic communications.

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