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March 2, 2021
Pittsburghers Versus the Machine

After a multi-year battle, the advocacy group Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) fended off the Mon-Oakland Connector, an autonomous micro-transit project championed by Mayor Bill Peduto. 

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June 26, 2020
Beyond Mandates: Advocates Mobilize to Give Riders Masks

Advocates in Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Durham, N.C. are distributing masks to riders, and using mask giveaways as an occasion to organize riders to demand better transit service. 

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August 31, 2015
Can Pittsburgh build the next great American transit system?

TransitCenter staff returned last week from a great trip to Pittsburgh, where we spent two days learning about local efforts and...

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July 29, 2015
Bending the Urban Transportation Arc

While Congress is consumed with the latest debate over extending the federal transportation policy, progress to make our cities’ streets...

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July 28, 2015
A People’s History of Recent Urban Transportation Innovation

What started as a straightforward and curious question – what were the human factors behind recent urban transportation innovations in the United States –...

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