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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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PPT🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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Transit for All PA!
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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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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P P T 🚌
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[email protected]
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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PPT
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[email protected]
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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PPT
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[email protected]
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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PPT
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[email protected]
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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PPT
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[email protected]
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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PPT
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[email protected]
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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PPT
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[email protected]
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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PPT
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[email protected]
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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PPT
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[email protected]
November 21, 2020 at 2:01 PM
Transit Service Changes Bring Big Wins (but not all is rosey)
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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PPT
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[email protected]
November 3, 2020 at 12:15 PM
Beyond Election Day
transit equity is voting and more Today we must ensure that all of our votes are counted. Tomorrow we must organize for equitable communities and public transit - cus there will be work to do regardless. FOR A…
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PPT
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[email protected]
September 29, 2020 at 1:24 PM
How's Port Authority fare vs. other systems?
New report calls or COVID fare relief // National day-of-action PPT Members rally to release new report calling on Port Authority to start an emergency low-income fare program. On a sunny Tuesday, PPT member…
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PPT
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[email protected]
September 17, 2020 at 12:30 PM
New Report Makes Makes Case for COVID Fare Relief Now
and how can PAAC improve its Board engagement? Port Authority's return to full fares hits low-income riders hardest. Join the rally on Tuesday to release a new report & demand COVID fare relief now! Port…
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