Dreamweaver Marketing News, WAGNER PRAISES PAT MOVE TO ADD TRIPS TO UNDERSERVED AREAS

WAGNER PRAISES PAT MOVE TO ADD TRIPS TO UNDERSERVED AREAS

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(Pittsburgh) May 19, 2016    Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner lauded today’s recommendation by the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT) administration to bolster service

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to neighborhoods in Wilkinsburg, Penn Hills, and Pittsburgh.

“I am extremely pleased that PAT’s leadership has agreed to the repeated requests of residents of these neighborhoods and their advocates for more service. For many in these communities and others, public transit access is not a luxury, but is essential to getting to jobs that do not fall within regular business hours. A ‘most livable’ city cannot leave whole neighborhoods cut off from opportunity, and this decision takes encouraging steps toward meeting the needs of some of these areas,” Wagner said.

Last week, Wagner issued a financial report showing that the County’s Alcoholic Beverage and Vehicle Rental taxes have produced a $16 million surplus in a fund that by law must be used for public transit. She urged that these funds be put to immediate use for service improvements.

“New state funding and the increased local economic activity that has produced the transit fund surplus give us the opportunity and the obligation to connect all of our communities to areas that are prospering. More neighborhoods remain where this need must be addressed, and we also must continue steps to modernize the system so that it attracts new ridership. PAT has taken encouraging steps with the upcoming fare changes and now with this announcement, but further advances must continue to be made,” Wagner said.

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