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A baby born in Pittsburgh in 2017 will live in a very different city by the time she heads off to middle school in 2030, if a new city climate action plan bears out. The new plan outlines how dramatically the city will have to change to meet its goal to reduce greenhouse gases.
A plan introduced Wednesday to balance the state budget threatens a significant amount of funding to the Allegheny County Port Authority and could result in its public transit system having to cut operations by up to half. A proposed cut of $80 million to the agency could mean cuts twice as deep as what the agency sustained several years ago when it was left with a $35 million deficit. Port Authority Spokesman Adam Brandolph said the 2011 and 2012 cuts in state funding and the resulting deficit caused the agency to eliminate 29 bus routes, close the Harmar garage and lay off 200 employees. “These [cuts] would be similar if not much worse,” he said. “We would anticipate these cuts to be just as drastic if not twice as drastic.”
Proposed cuts to various pots of state money — including funds that are allocated to public transit — were the Republican lawmakers’ way of proposing a balanced state budget more than two months after the deadline has passed.
Transportation Buried in last week’s report about the deepening debt of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission was an early warning for the thousands of people in the Pittsburgh area who rely on public transit for rides to work or the grocery store.
Transportation We need better ways to get in and out of the city, we need better ways to get from one side of our region to another. And we need better ways for visitors to get here and get around. To be better 40 years from now, we need to be planning now.
Politics Pittsburgh is getting nearly $300,000 to fix an intersection because of drivers running red lights in Philadelphia.
Ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft are closer to being formally regulated in Pennsylvania after Senate Bill 984 was approved 23-2 by the House Consumer Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Based on responses and support from crowdsourcing, the Regional Transportation Alliance of Southwestern Pennsylvania is working to promote and fund an expanded network of public transportation.
Derailment after derailment. They just keep happening.
Over the past several years, there have been numerous derailments in North America carrying crude from North Dakota’s Bakken Shale. These accidents have sparked increased calls from citizens, the rail industry and lawmakers for the federal government to increase safety regulations.
Derailment after derailment. They just keep happening.
Over the past several years, there have been numerous derailments in North America carrying crude from North Dakota’s Bakken Shale. These accidents have sparked increased calls from citizens, the rail industry and lawmakers for the federal government to increase safety regulations.
Pittsburgh is on a quest to become the country’s first “Smart City.”
The city got word over the weekend that Pittsburgh is among seven finalists advancing in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge to expand transportation performance by enhancing “safety, mobility, sustainability, economic vitality, and address climate change” according to the department [DOT].