West Virginia University students can ride buses fare-free

Editorial - Give public transportation a chance - Opinion - The Daily Athenaeum - West Virginia University: "According to the National Safety Council, riding the bus is 170 times safer than driving your own vehicle. This is explained by the fact that buses are driven by professionals, who are trained to adhere to strict safety guidelines.
Moreover, taking advantage of public transportation is good for the environment. Buses emit 95 percent less carbon monoxide per passenger mile than the average private vehicle. On a large scale, this would make a significant contribution to the greenhouse gas emission reductions needed to mitigate the oncoming global climate crisis."

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Climate-friendly candidate for governor of PA

About - John Hanger for Governor: "John has spent 28 years growing Pennsylvania’s economy and fighting for working families. A proven leader and nationally-recognized expert on energy, utilities, the green economy and the environment, John Hanger’s life and career have prepared him to lead Pennsylvania and create good jobs. "

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Now is the time for more transit, not less | Rob Perks's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Now is the time for more transit, not less | Rob Perks's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC: "Why are states passing up billions of dollars in federal transit funds? That seems crazy but it's true."

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Transit in Pittsburgh | GoBurgh

Transit in Pittsburgh | GoBurgh: "There are plenty of ways you can show your support, get involved and amplify your voice, and most of them you can do from right where you're reading this now: sign up for our mailing list, “get pinned,” follow, like and connect with us on social media, attend an event, even send us your photo to put on our Faces of Transit photo montage above. Check out the Join The Movement section at the right and discover how you can help – and how GoBurgh can help you amplify your voice on transit-related issues."

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How financial sharks steal your bus money

The perfect financial crime – almost | PublicSource: "Such a plan worked for eight years and one of the entities defrauded was the Port Authority of Allegheny County. This spring the authority was one of the patsies featured in a New York City trial.

That trial was part of a six-year federal probe that has exposed political corruption, predatory practices and crooked financing that have diverted billions of dollars from building schools, roads and bridges in almost every state."

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Pittsburghers for Public Transit: Transit Bill of Rights

Pittsburghers for Public Transit: Transit Bill of Rights: "At the last general membership meeting on October 20th, Pittsburghers for Public Transit voted on a Transit Bill of Rights:

Members of our community need public mass transit for basic mobility and access to work, school, hospitals, shopping areas, recreational facilities, polling places, places of worship, and families and friends. Public mass transit is a vital part of any healthy metropolitan area. It is essential infrastructure—just like roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, and utilities—that is crucial to the economic, social, and environmental wellbeing of our region.

We have a right to a public mass transit system that includes:
1. Safe, reliable, environmentally-sustainable, and affordable transit that is accessible to all
2. Living wages, benefits, safe working conditions, and union rights for transit workers
3. Dedicated and sustainable funding for public transit
4. Equitable distribution of public transit costs with corporations paying their fair share
5. Transit that meets the needs of each community with no communities left out

Join Pittsburghers for Public Transit in affirming this Transit Bill of Rights."

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1% holds mobility hostage to break unions

Port Authority Transit union OKs concessions - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Port Authority union employees on Sunday ratified a contract calling for $60 million in givebacks over four years, clearing the way for a vote to reverse the historic transit service cuts and layoffs that were scheduled to take effect Sept. 2."

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