On Friday, March 30, Allegheny County's Port Authority Board voted 8-1 to cut bus service by 15 percent. The service cuts will go into effect on June 17th. In addition, transit workers will face a salary and benefits freeze, and ACCESS (a service for senior citizens and persons with disabilities) will see a $.50 increase by July 1st. Bus service could be cut an additional 10% in September if the Port Authority can't fill the remaining $45 million deficit. [Service cuts details.]

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 Port Authority of Allegheny County has proposed cutting 121 of 213 bus routes. Your County Executive, Dan Onorato, currently supports this plan.

11 neighborhoods in the city and over 80 county-wide will lose all bus service. Thousands of workers throughout the county will lose access to their jobs. Students will lose their ride to school. County residents will not be able to get to doctor’s appointments, the grocery, to visit relatives and friends, and countless other destinations. An estimated 400 transit workers will lose their jobs.