Port Authority Proposal Includes Service Cuts in Plum-Oakmont Area
Routes in Plum and Oakmont will be cut, and Verona will have no bus service.
If the Port Authority Transit of Allegheny County doesn't receive more funding, services in the Plum-Oakmont area will be cut greatly by the time September rolls around.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Port Authority has unveiled a proposal outlining changes in services, fares and employement that would occur if its current budget deficit of $64 million isn't remedied.
The proposal includes the elimination of the P78 Oakmont Flyer and the P12 Holiday Park Flyer, express routes in Oakmont and Plum, respectively. The P16 Penn Hills Flyer (which services parts of Plum and Oakmont) and the P67 Monroeville Flyer also would be cut.
According to the article, Holiday Park and Verona would be among the neighborhoods that would lose all form of transit service, and bus service to the Community College of Allegheny County Boyce Campus in Monroeville will be slashed.
For more details about the cuts and upcoming public hearings, see the Post-Gazette article.
Will these transit service cuts affect you? Tell us in the comments!
Heidi Dezayas
4:51 pm on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald released the following statement regarding the proposed cuts for the Port Authority of Allegheny County:
“Clearly, these proposed cuts will have a significant and profound impact on our county’s residents and businesses, as well as our region’s economy. Solving this funding issue will require action at the local and state level. It took Port Authority nearly 50 years to get into this situation, and it’s going to take some time to get out of it as well. Everyone needs to come to the table and work together to address this issue and provide real solutions for transit. I’m committed to doing my part to make that happen and to move this discussion forward.”