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Image description: PPT Member Debra Green leads a rally Fall 2020 to call for emergency fare relief for SNAP users.
🔥🚌 TRANSIT RIDERS WIN A DISCOUNTED FARE PILOT THAT CAN LEAD THE WAY TO MORE PERMANENT AFFORDABLE FARES FOR ALL!!🚨🚈
Because Allegheny County transit riders took action, more affordable fares are coming to our transit system – but we need to continue organizing to make sure they’re permanent and available to all.
On Tuesday, September 27th, 2022, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services announced a new pilot program to test more affordable fares for low-income transit riders.
This announcement is a huge win for transit riders and it is only possible because together we all have been advocating and organizing for years. We’ve always known that cheaper transit fares would make it easier to move through our city. We’ve known that cheaper fares would put money back in our pockets for our families. Now cheaper fares are happening because of our advocacy.
But our work is not done. We need to make sure that more affordable fares become a permanent part of our transit system in Allegheny County – and we need your help.
Now, we are organizing a group of advocates who want to learn more about getting involved in this discounted fare program and who will help us make it permanent.
If you receive SNAP/EBT benefits, and if you want to get involved in the campaign, sign up below and our organizers will contact you about how to get involved with the County's new discounted fare program:
Sign up here to get involved [fairfaresnow.org]
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Image description: photo of two riders getting on an 82 Center in East Liberty. A third rider sits at a nearby bus stop.
Allegheny County Department of Human Service's forthcoming discounted fare pilot program is a historic announcement. This is the biggest program that DHS has ever released to increase transit access and it has .
There are still lots of details yet to be released about the 1-year pilot program, but the door is open for it to become permanent and expanded.
Read more about the program from this week's news coverage:
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WESA:
Allegheny
County
to
test
drive
a
discount
transportation
program
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Pittsburgh
Post
Gazette:
Allegheny
County
to
test
reduced
transit
fares
to
low-income
riders
in
one-year
pilot
program
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PGH
City
Paper:
Pilot
program
extends
reduced
bus
fare
to
some
SNAP-eligible
adults
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Trib
Live:
Allegheny
County
to
launch
pilot
program
for
low-income
public
transit
users
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PublicSource:
Transit
fare
breaks
coming
for
some
Allegheny
County
riders
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WESA's
The
Confluence:
Allegheny
County
will
soon
offer
some
low-income
residents
reduce
transit
fares
as
part
of
a
study
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Jack, WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN!
This victory shows we can do amazing things when fight for one another. Join as a dues-paying PPT Member today to continue pushing what is possible:
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