Pittsburgh Public Transit riders rally against ‘devastating’ service cuts, fare increases

Pittsburgh Public Transit riders rally against ‘devastating’ service cuts, fare increases

PRT announced in March that unless the agency gets a significant funding boost from the state, officials expect to cut service by 35%.

Riders call for Pittsburgh Regional Transit to halt proposed mass service cuts

Pittsburgh stands to lose 35% of its public transportation service come February 2026. Additionally, a 25-cent fare increase would put a local bus ride at $3 — one of the highest rates in the country.All that is according to a March 20 release from Pittsburgh Regional Transit, which warned of a $100 million deficit in the 2026 fiscal year due to state budget cuts and the exhaustion of federal pandemic relief funding. PRT’s website for the fundin…

Do We Still Need TriMet?

By John A. Charles, Jr. Recently The Oregonian published a feature about TriMet’s ongoing death spiral. Since 2015, the agency’s annual revenue from passenger fares has dropped from $117 million to $59 million, while operating expenses have grown. As a result, TriMet’s operating loss last year was $850 million. TriMet is begging state legislators for a bailout, but we’ve already tried that. The legislature approved payroll tax rate increases in …