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image description: Flyer for PPT’s delegation with ATU Local 85 for the 2022 Labor Day Parade. Includes a photo of PPT holding our banner with ATU Local 85 at the 2014 Labor Day Parade. ATU members are wearing blue shirts. A red Port Authority is in the background as we round the corner from Sixth ave onto Grant Street. Details for the event are included: “September 5th, 10am-1pm, meet 10am at 91 Crawford St, reach out to info@pittsburghforpublic transit if you need a ride, if you have questions, or if you have any other accessibility needs”
The PITTSBURGH LABOR DAY PARADE is back!!!! Get #UnionStrong this Monday with PPT and your local transit workers, 10a-1p. RSVP below:
This parade has been on pause since the start of the pandemic, but on September 4th, 2022 we’re getting the band back together. We’ll meet at 10am at the 91 Crawford St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, right across from Freedom Corner. When we’re all there we’ll find our spot on the parade line with ATU Local 85. A 40′ PRT bus will join us for the march! We’ll walk our route (approx 1 mile) and then walk back to the start. If anyone needs rides to the event, or back to the start, just reach out to let us know: [email protected] [[email protected]] .
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Image description: photo of the dance party at PPT's Summer Party on August 10th.
Big changes are coming to your downtown bus routes and bus stops!
There are a few important opportunities to advocate at the beginning of this process. See our blog for a link to the public feedback survey and schedule of in-person public input events.
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Image description: Monthly Meeting Flyer. Photo captures the inside of a new bus with blue lights at night. Text has PPT's logo and "Monthly Virtual Meeting:
50 years! Can you believe it?! Celebrate the Thomas Merton Center's incredible legacy + future at their family-friendly celebration in Allegheny Commons - 9/3, 12-6pm
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Image description: Monthly Meeting Flyer. Photo captures the inside of a new bus with blue lights at night. Text has PPT's logo and "Monthly Virtual Meeting:
Let's push the City of Pittsburgh to invest more in public transit access, safety and effectiveness at our next Monthly General Meeting - September 13th. Join us!
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Clicktivist Corner
[[link removed]] BIG CHANGES IN STORE FOR DOWNTOWN TRANSIT!! Make sure to complete PRT's survey about what works & what doesn't about downtown buses.
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[[link removed]] PRT is redesigning Wilkinsburg Station and looking to add new ones on the East Busway. Give your feedback now & help us advocate for more affordable housing
Give your input [[link removed]]
[[link removed]] The City of Pittsburgh Housing Opportunity Fund is looking for feedback on priorities. Speak up for community-owned affordable housing near great transit today.
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[[link removed]] Call on Mayor Gainey to create a Food Justice Fund today! Advocates in neighborhoods through PGH have been speaking up for access to fresh food. Now we need Mayor Gainey to step up.
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PPT Events
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PGH
LABOR
DAY
PARADE
w
PPT
+
ATU
Local
85
(in-person)
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Monday,
9.5,
10am-1pm
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Meet
at
91
Crawford
Ave
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RSVP
+
info
her
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PPT
Communications
Committee
(virtual)
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Tuesday,
9.
6,
6-7pm
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RSVP
here
[[link removed]]


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PPT
Monthly
General
Meeting
(virtual)
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Wednesday,
9/14,
6:30
optional
social
hour,
7-8:30
meeting
//
RSVP
here
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Other events - if you have any events to share with our network, send us an email with details [[email protected]] !
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Pittsburgh
Regional
Transit's
September
Board
Meeting
(virtual
and
in-person)
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Friday,
9/23,
10-11am
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345
Sixth
Ave,
15221
//
sign
up
here
to
attend
or
give
public
comments
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