The Campaign to Stop the Bus Cuts supporters filled the Port Authority Board Room this morning.

Steve Bland gave his new proposal for cuts to a board committee meeting. He responded...a little...to the thousands of comments made by riders and the 12,000 petitions we gave to Onorato. His new proposal cuts service to 15% and reduces the number of routes eliminated. But...he also said that without funding, he would implement the old proposal of 25% service cuts and 124 routes eliminated in the Fall..

We are all still at risk and must stick together and fight for adequate funding...

The Campaign to Stop the Bus Cuts held a press conference in the hallway after the committee meeting. Here is a link to the KDKA noon coverage:

http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_082100347.html

At the press conference, the Campaign condemned the Port Authority Proposal for not going far enough. The Campaign believes that the Port Authority Board should develop a budget with no cuts. Then Dan Onorato and other politicians should join us in taking it to Harrisburg to get the funding hat we need.