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Peak Direction: Details of Transit Pact Now Online
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Details of Transit Pact Now Online. The Post-Gazette has stated that the details of the transit agreement last week have been posted online. You can read the agreement here. The union vote on the contract will happen Sunday. In other news, Onorato likes the new plan, and will release the drink tax money. In even other news, the Allegheny County drink tax may be cut from 10% to 7%. Update 12/3: Full PG story. Finding the b...
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Peak Direction: Happy Birthday Pittsburgh!
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Take a break from the strike gloom and doom for some happy news: Pittsburgh celebrates its 250th birthday today! See how the city is celebrating at imaginepittsburgh.com. Incorporated on this day in 1758 with an 'H' at the end, and we never gave it up. PS Happy Birthday to this blog. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Or the Port Authority's Trip Planner. Subscribe to Atom Feed. Port Authority Not Striking Yet. Antique ...
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Peak Direction: Bus Peeves Chapter One
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Friday, February 1, 2008. Bus Peeves Chapter One. The schedules are never there! It's hard for a lot of people to acquire a schedule for a route. If you work downtown, you can get them at T stations or at the Port Authority Service Center. Some are really old. There's a lot of the old buses. There's no system map. The system map. The lack of PNC Park. That's right. I can't find "Way To Go" maps anywhere on the website. Same goes for the "Ri...The t...
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Peak Direction: What happened?
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Wednesday, September 10, 2008. I am very sorry to anyone that still reads this blog. Sadly I have left the Burgh for the Twin Cities, and the summer was just a whirlwind getting ready for the move. Hopefully soon I will post another item or two, especially comparing Metro Transit. Here in the Cities with good old PAT. I miss Pittsburgh already, and (unlike this blog) hopefully the buses will be running without interruption. Subscribe to Atom Feed.
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Peak Direction: Port Authority Not Striking Yet
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Monday, November 24, 2008. Port Authority Not Striking Yet. This is strange: The AFL-CIO and national ATU is holding meetings. With the local ATU and the Port Authority. These meetings have canceled the November 23rd strike meeting. No word on what is in these meetings, other than a lot of questions. That's a pretty strange position. My incredibly uninformed guess? Under future President Obama. But that's my hearsay. A strike (technically a lockout...
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Peak Direction: Port Authority Responds to CIII Bus Cuts
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Thursday, November 20, 2008. Port Authority Responds to CIII Bus Cuts. The plot thickens. Thanks to Joe Grata, I was able to ask Judi McNeil, the public relations director at the Port Authority, about what happened that led to the cuts at Century III Mall. Here's her response, reprinted with permission:. Also has a website, and they even have a task force for transit. Also included in her email was a forwarded message from a Macy's VP. Macy's.
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Peak Direction: Strike Averted!
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Wednesday, November 26, 2008. Just a quick update: the Port Authority will not impose the new contract on Dec. 1. The old contract will stay for now, a tentative agreement on a secret new contract. Has been reached, and a work stoppage/strike/lockout/really bad thing has been called off. But will the new contract be ratified by the union and board? Does it bring down costs to Onorato's liking? Chris at Null Space. Has some thoughts worth reading.
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Peak Direction: Welcome to Peak Direction
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Sunday, November 25, 2007. Welcome to Peak Direction. Hello everyone. This is Peak Direction. A blog about transit. Currently I reside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but I hope to post news and commentary about public transportation all around the world. Thanks for reading! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Comes from the description of traffic heading into a town center during morning rush hour or out during afternoon rush hour. For Park and Ride i...
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Peak Direction: Post-Gazette: Riders Catch a Bus That No Longer Exists!
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Wednesday, December 3, 2008. Post-Gazette: Riders Catch a Bus That No Longer Exists! Here's a story from the Post-Gazette, which is usually a great paper about transit in Pittsburgh: Transit pact a relief to riders. Accompanying the November 30, 2008 story is this picture:. The caption says "Passengers board a Port Authority CL bus Friday on Smithfield Street, Downtown.". After I emailed the P-G, the photo vanished from the story. Google's Cache.
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Peak Direction: November Service Changes Screw Century III Mall Shoppers Again
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A blog about transit in Pittsburgh and around the world. Tuesday, November 18, 2008. November Service Changes Screw Century III Mall Shoppers Again. One year ago, the first post to this blog was about Port Authority moving the bus stop for Century III Mall. In West Mifflin away from an actual entrance. It is now on the edge of a parking lot, see a map here. On the 59A and 35A routes and trimming weekday mall service on 46G, 51C, and 55M routes. Port Authority's official release here. While the second one.