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December 20, 2022 at 5:30 PM

Party Photos! Victory never looked so good!

PPT Members boogied down. Image Description: PPT Members post at the photo booth. Everyone is smiling and wearing wonderful outfits, bright colors and fun, shiny clothing. The photo booth backdrop is silver streamers, silver ballons and a handmade sign that reads: "THIS BUS IS FOR ALL OF US". At …

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December 15, 2022 at 6:57 PM

"Advocacy Campaign of the Year" goes to PPT! Party with us, Jack!

Celebrate with us tomorrow, free dinner! Image Description: PPT members Linda Warman, Debra Green, Randy Francisco and Krystle Knight hold the PPT banner and chant at a Fair Fares rally, with text overlaid on the photo reading “We Won! Best Advocacy Campaign!” PPT members win “Best Advocacy Camp…

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December 13, 2022 at 1:13 PM

PPT Member Goes to City Council! + Free Dinner Victory Party

PGH's newest councilperson, Get your tickets today Image description: graphic has a photo of Barb Warwick giving her inaugural address as she is sworn into her seat as City Councilperson for District 5. Graphic has text that reads "Congratulations Councilwoman Barb Warwick! Today PPT Board Member B…

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December 9, 2022 at 1:35 PM

Jack! Its a Transit Victory Party and you're invited

Celebrate a major milestone Image description: Flyer with an invitation to PPT’s Victory Party & Year-End Celebration. Left side of the image has a yellow background, with PPT’s logo at the top and text that reads “Victory Party & Year-End Celebration Irma Freeman Center 5006 Penn Ave Dece…

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November 29, 2022 at 9:55 PM

Don't forget transit justice on #GivingTuesday

You can help win campaigns for better transit. Image description: PPT Member Delmis Cabrera smiles and looks into the camera. Her quote is superimposed on the right aide of the image “¡Logros como este solo suceden cuando alzamos la voz juntos!” [Victories like this only happen when we raise our v…

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November 29, 2022 at 9:54 PM

No olvides la justicia de tránsito en #GivingTuesday

Puede ayudar a ganar campañas para un mejor tránsito. Descripción de la imagen: Delmis Cabrera, miembro del PPT, sonríe y mira a la cámara. Su cita está superpuesta al lado derecho de la imagen “¡Logros como este solo suceden cuando alzamos la voz juntos!” [¡Victorias como esta solo suceden cuando…

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November 18, 2022 at 5:55 PM

New Discount Fares Program is LIVE - Apply Today

Application is open for County's new discount fares pilot program image description: a person wearing yellow gloves and a yellow scarf is holding a flyer that reads “New Discounted Transit Fare Program”. An illustrated crowd of people dancing is overlaid on a yellow background on the left side of …

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October 31, 2022 at 3:26 PM

Been #GhostedByTheBus 👻??

Share your story cus transit shouldn't be scary. Image description: graphic of PPT's #GhostedByTheBus twitter campaign. Image has a line of buses and ghosts with text that is included below in this email:This October, 1 in 5 Pittsburgh bus routes ghosted its riders. Pittsburgh riders are tired of …

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September 30, 2022 at 1:20 PM

VICTORY!🔥More affordable fares are coming to PRT

New pilot program can pave the way for affordable fares for all. 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!!🚨🚈 Bec…

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September 2, 2022 at 6:36 PM

Get UNION STRONG w PPT + ATU Local 85 💪🚏

Show solidarity with workers of all stripes on Monday. 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 Authorit…

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August 23, 2022 at 1:22 PM

Planning the Redesign of our Transit Network STARTS TODAY

Starting with Downtown, PRT is redesigning our transit system. You need to be involved. Image description: photo of a rider getting off a bus downtown. He's wearing a purple shirt and a backpack and is pulling up his mask. A red PRT bus is in the background along with a bus stop sign and other rid…

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August 18, 2022 at 4:50 PM

UPMC, its time to pay what you owe.

Help launch a new campaign for UPMC to pay its fair share. Image description: Flyer for a rally to launch a new campaign to get UPMC to pay what it owes. Text reads "UPMC: it is time to pay what you owe. Campaign Kickoff. Friday, August 19th, 12pm - 1:30pm US Steeltower 600 Grant St. When UPMC pa…

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August 8, 2022 at 6:30 PM

PPT Election Results, Public Transit Party Summer

New leaders elected, party it up with PPT Image description: photo collage with images of new PPT board members and text that reads "Congrats", with confetti in the background. Congratulations to the new PPT Board Members, elected by our general membership to lead us 2022-2024! Pittsburghers for P…

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July 27, 2022 at 6:54 PM

DEADLINE TONIGHT 🚨Vote in PPT's Board Elections

Cast a ballot for the next round of leadership at PPT. Image description: photo collage of all 7 nominees who are running in PPT’s Board Elections🚨DEADLINE TONIGHT!🚨Last call for all PPT Members to cast your ballot in our 2022 Board Elections. Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots, democ…

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July 18, 2022 at 1:52 PM

A Swissvale WIN! + Vote for PPT's next Board of Directors

Jack, we won! Now we can do more. Be a member and vote for PPT's next leadership team. image description: aerial photo of the Washington Ave bridge in Swissvale that crosses the East Busway. Text overlays read, “No Way To The Busway!?” and “Sign the Petition for access in Swissvale bit.ly/swissval…

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July 8, 2022 at 3:39 PM

Cuts, Cuts, Cuts: New Transit Service Changes + Meet the Nominees for PPT's Board Elections

Jack its do-or-die for transit, you can help by getting invovled. Image description: photo collage of all 7 nominees who are running in PPT’s Board ElectionsIt's PPT Board election time! Meet the nominees running to join PPT’s leadership team. All PPT Members in good standing can vote from July 13…

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June 23, 2022 at 2:53 PM

Happy Birthday, PPT! The fight is more important than ever.

A decade of organizing for transit justice and we're facing our biggest challenge yet. Image description: This is a sentence or two introducing the lead story. This should be your top story, the biggest piece of news in your newsletter No Service, No Survival. After a decade of transit rider orga…

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June 8, 2022 at 2:56 PM

Mayor's New Transition Plan is Good for Transit Riders

City must focus on transit, PAAC service improvements image description: PPT Member, Bill McDowell, speaks at the December 2021 press conference to release the Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit Platform, an advocacy platform with 18 policies that Mayor Gainey can enact to improve transit for his constit…

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March 18, 2022 at 1:52 PM

We Rely on Transit Workers

Today is Transit Worker Appreciation Day, March 18, 2022 image description: A Port Authority Transit worker cleans the driver's console of a red Port Authority Bus. Steph Chambers/Post Gazette Next to the ima…

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March 16, 2022 at 9:46 AM

Safety and Service: We Need Both

Transit Worker Appreciation Day, March 18, 2022 image description: A Port Authority Transit worker cleans the driver's console of a red Port Authority Bus. Steph Chambers/Post Gazette Next to the image is a l…

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March 7, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Ding-dong!🔔🥳 The Mon Oakland Connector is really dead.

Thank you Mayor Gainey for your leadership and trusting residents to know what serves them best. image description: photo of Mayor Ed Gainey at the 2/17 Community Meeting about the Mon Oakland Connector, by …

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February 16, 2022 at 5:03 PM

Who Do Scooters Leave Behind?🛴🤖🚘

New report takes a closer look, tomorrow at 11am image description: event promotional image. Includes text "MOBILITY FOR WHO? REBUILDING BRIDGES TO TRANSPORTATION JUSTICE" FEB 2022 REPORT RELEASE" over a map …

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February 11, 2022 at 3:34 PM

Mobility for Who? New Report Looks at Who Scooters Leave Behind

Whose left behind by a scooter fixation image description: event promotional image. Includes text "MOBILITY FOR WHO? REBUILDING BRIDGES TO TRANSPORTATION JUSTICE" FEB 2022 REPORT RELEASE" over a map of Pittsb…

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February 4, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Celebrate Rosa Parks' B-day 🎂❤️ Join us LIVE now!

Rosa was an organizer and we keep on organizing today image description: An illustrated portrait of Rosa Parks is at the center of the image with the event name, date (2/4/22, 11:30-12:30) , a Transit Equity …

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February 3, 2022 at 11:20 AM

FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER: Organize like Rosa Parks

Celebrate her vision & carry on her legacy. image description: An illustrated portrait of Rosa Parks is at the center of the image with the event name, date (2/4/22, 11:30-12:30) , a Transit Equity Day lo…

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January 24, 2022 at 9:17 PM

RSVP Deadline Tomorrow: Service Cuts. Service additions. New proposal needs your input.

Public Hearing this week Image description: screenshot from Port Authority's "Pandemic Service Changes" website, includes a photo of a green bus and text that reads "Pandemic Service Changes". Service cuts…

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December 23, 2021 at 2:00 PM

New fare changes coming, but they ain't fair.

100 Days Platform Launch, PPT appointed to Mayor-Elect's Transition Team image description: Photo of supporters gathered at the press conference to release the Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit Platform. Bill McDow…

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December 14, 2021 at 6:13 PM

Transit playbook for the next mayor of Pittsburgh

PPT to release ambitious, but achievable, 100 days platform Image Description: Red text on a yellow background reads, “Pittsburgh 100 Days Transit Platform: Affording All Residents the Freedom to Move”. Under…

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November 30, 2021 at 5:40 PM

Our public transit is worth your dollar

#GivingTuesday and support transit justice Image description: Photo of PPT Member Alisa Grishman speaking at Transit for All PA! kickoff in Harrisburg. The text of her quote is laid over top of the right sid…

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November 25, 2021 at 2:11 PM

Thankful for Transit Riders' Organizing

Winning transit funding, improvements, and more Image description: screenshot from Port Authority's flyer for the December 7 meetings on proposed Homestead to McKeesport transit and pedestrian improvements. …

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November 1, 2021 at 2:34 PM

4 ways PGH's mayor must improve public transit

#VoteTransit to put a transit advocate in city hall image description: two red port authority buses, image is from TribLive's opinion piece published over the weekend, "Emily Howe and Laura Chu Wiens: 4 ways…

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October 14, 2021 at 5:03 PM

See where Gainey & Moreno stand on transit 🚆

#VoteTransit to put a transit advocate in city hall image description: text that reads "#VoteTransit" over an image of a red articulated PAAC bus. Take PPT's new #VoteTransit pledge to say better public tran…

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September 28, 2021 at 1:38 PM

Riders Were Heard! Port Authority Releases NEXTransit long-range plan

Transit is a Mayoral Issue: #VoteTransit for Better Buses in PGH image description: Pittsburgh transit riders canvassing at a bus stop. One holds up a sign that reads "Ready to Ride" Pittsburgh Transit Rid…

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September 10, 2021 at 5:00 PM

Meet Our New Community Organizer + Updates on PA Funding Fight

Bus Drivers Wanted! Statewide Campaign Summit image description: Transit Operator Sascha Craig speaking at the #SealTheDeal rally outside Rep. Connor Lamb's Penn Hills Office demanding Congress pass $30B fo…

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August 26, 2021 at 4:06 PM

$10 Billion For Transit! Transit For All PA Recap

Join to help plan next steps in our campaign Image of Pittsburghers for Public Transit Executive Director Laura Chu Wiens speaking at the #SealTheDeal rally outside of Rep. Conor Lamb's office in Penn Hills. Constitue…

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August 18, 2021 at 1:25 PM

Its time to #SealTheDeal for transit+climate justice

Act now for the future of our planet & justice in our cities image description: digital flyer for the #SealTheDeal rally outside Conor Lamb's office to demand he stand up for climate, jobs and transit j…

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August 6, 2021 at 1:56 PM

NEW REPORT: US Infrastructure Deal Can Transform PGH Transit

imagine a bus ever 15 minutes in every neighborhood image description: text that reads "More affordable Public Transit" Port Authority's NEXTransit Fare Policy Recommendations are grossly inadequate, and w…

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July 9, 2021 at 8:02 PM

Public money spent with NO public process?

Public dollars, with public input, for public good Image of Debra Green, PPT Coordinating Committee Member, leading a rally last fall to launch PPT's emergency fare relief report, "No Greater Need. No Greater…

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July 2, 2021 at 11:30 AM

A road trip worth $1.65 Billion

Transit for All PA! kickoff in Harrisburg + New Fare Changes Image is a panorama of the Transit for All PA! kickoff in Harrisburg on the steps of the capitol. People are cheering and holding large signs. T…

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June 29, 2021 at 12:31 PM

ACT NOW🚨They're coming for our transit

Take Aciton to support Transit for All PA! Image description a photo collage of transit riders and workers taking action across PA. An outline of PA is laid over the collage with the words "Transit for All PA!".…

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June 9, 2021 at 4:24 PM

New Campaign to Win Transit for All in PA! (and we're hiring!)

PPT speaks to Buttigieg + New Fare Changes Image of PPT Board Member Lisa Gonzalez speaking to Secretary Buttigieg about the Fair Fares report published by PPT last Fall. Ms Lisa is wearing a yellow shirt. …

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May 18, 2021 at 6:28 PM

Vote for Public Transit (Not Private Tech Companies)

Transit & Housing Are Mayoral Issues Photo of the 4 candidates running for Mayor above an image of a Port Authority bus on the busway. Transit justice is a Mayoral issue - Vote today! Polls open until 8…

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April 26, 2021 at 8:08 PM

New Fare Proposal Is a Chance for Change

...Plus help expand transit funding in PA! image description: image from the cover of PPT's #FairFares Policy Zine that was created by PPT Members, Casa San Jose, Just Harvest and the Alliance for Police Ac…

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February 25, 2021 at 1:55 PM

Transit Shutoff Moratorium Now 🚌+ survey town

COVID can't stop us. We gunna organize for better transit and affordable fares. Photo of Fawn Walker-Montgomery (PPT Board Member and Director of Take Action Mon Valley) delivering a powerful speech a rally fo…

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February 8, 2021 at 8:07 PM

Low-income Fares Help Riders & Port Authority 🚍🎯

Editorial calls for a low-income fare to boost ridership Help PPT build our base and make our organizing more accessible. Take the PPT Accessibility Survey now In efforts to make Pittsburghers for Public …

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January 15, 2021 at 3:39 PM

New Bus Rapid Transit Meetings Announced 🚌

Millions won through rider and worker advocacy. PPT’s Year-end Fundraising Drive is a success, with 320+ people raising $19,500!! Pittsburghers for Public Transit is proud to announce that we far exceeded…

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December 31, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Catch the last bus! 🚌👩‍🦼🚏Transit Toward Transformation

10 people away from our goal! PUBLIC TRANSIT HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM LIVES. PPT's grassroots transit rider organizing and advocacy is transformational. This is your last chance t…

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December 1, 2020 at 4:48 PM

Transit Brings The BEST #GivingTuesday Email Yet!!!

"my grandma always told us to fight for what is right" "My grandmother always taught me to fight for what is right." A message from Teaira Collins, PPT Member and Leader of the 93-Hazelwood Campaign: My …

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November 30, 2020 at 6:21 PM

"New and permanent weekend service on nearly all Local routes!"

Rider organizing brings us closer to the world we want to see "When we expand public transit, we expand what is possible for future generations. New weekend service on the 93 does that.” - Teaira Collins, P…

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November 21, 2020 at 2:27 PM

{link update} Transit Service Changes Bring Big Wins (but not all is rosy)

Big changes for service + Wins for equitable development 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 …

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