In Their Remembrance:
It is Time for a Just COVID Relief, a Smooth Transition, and a Moral Agenda Now
On Monday, November 23rd the Pennsylvania Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will host a Moral Monday caravan at our statehouse to mourn the more than 9,000 people who have died from COVID-19, demand a smooth and open transition of power and lift up the moral policies we need immediately and in the first days of the new administration - and $32B in transit funding is an essential part of this. Join us in this public act of mourning and remembrance.
Caravan location: Harrisburg
Caravan time: Meet up at 1:30 pm, caravan departs at 2:30 pm
Please register for further instructions on the caravan meet-up point.
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FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO DRIVE TO HARRISBURG TOGETHER
Drive your own car and join Briann Moye, PPT's Coordinating Committee Chair, for a group caravan out to Harrisburg. Send her an email with your phone number to coordinate.
Meetup time/location: Monday, 11/23, 9am at Edgewood Town Center Applebee's Parking Lot
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Weekend Service Victory + Service and Frequency Increases Announced in Quarterly Service Changes.
Quarterly service changes have been on pause since the start of the pandemic. The changes that go into effect on Sunday November 22nd will bring some campaign victories for communities that have organized with PPT. But its not all rosy... there are a disturbing number of service reductions on dozens of routes as Port Authority tires to figure out how to deliver service during uncertain times. The one that that is certain is we have to continue fighting for more resources and equity in our transit system.
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Wins for Affordable Housing, Transit-Supportive Development and Food Justice at the Giant Eagle Shakespeare Redevelopment - but we still have ways to go and you can help!
Our coalition's work has shown that by building less structured parking in gentrifying, hot-market neighborhoods we can free up millions of dollars to go towards real community benefits – affordable housing, transit investment, and expanded food access.
We have a sign-on letter going, and we want your community organization involved to say that this is the equitable development our neighbors deserve.
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Cancel the Cuts, Defund the Police, Tax the Rich! Town Hall for an Anti-Racist City Budget
Mayor Peduto and the City Council are currently discussing a budget that proposes cuts to jobs and essential programs—slashing the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (-16.6%), Emergency Medical Services (-16.7%), Office of Equity (-24.3%), Public Works (-26%), Fire Department (-8.1%)—all while preserving the budget for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. How does this address the COVID-19 crisis, systemic racism, and widening inequality in Pittsburgh?
We deserve a budget that works for transit riders. Join us on a virtual town hall on Saturday, November 28 from 3-5 pm to organize around an anti-racist City budget, one that uplifts working class people. City transportation dollars should go towards ensuring that public transit is accessible, affordable, effective and welcoming-- with sidewalks, bus shelters, bus lanes, transit-signal priority, and with low-income fare relief.
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PA Transit Riders Call for Equity and Racial Justice in the Regional Low-Carbon Transportation Program
"Dear Gov. Wolf. [...] We, Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) and the Philly Transit Riders Union (Philly TRU), hope to strengthen the equity language in the MOU, to both ensure that those with the most at stake have a strong voice at the table to determine how the TCI resources are allocated, and to ensure that they will receive a clear and measurable benefit from the cap-and-invest proceeds."
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️🖱️ ✊🏼Click-tivist Corner✊🏼️🖱️ 'cus the system ain't gunna change itself
Before you move on, take 2 minutes to advocate for transit & housing justice in these surveys:
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