Allegheny County Transit Council

When people complain that bicyclists don't pay taxes, implying that motorists' motor fuels taxes pay for the roads instead (further implying they have more right to use the road, which is false anyway), that argument decreases in value for every petroleum car replaced by an EV. We're not too far from fuel taxes' percentage of road maintenance costs being the same as fare-paying passenger fares' percentage of public transit operating costs. Some sort of new tax has to pay for both of them, so opposition in principle to new taxes is just plain wrong.

Twelve years ago today, Feb 16 2012, I purchased the first Port Authority ConnectCard available to the public. Here's the receipt and my no-holds-barred Nastygram to my state representative and Majority Leader of the PA House.

My letter to Rep. Mike Turzai, and the first ConnectCard February 17, 2012 House Majority Leader Mike Turzai Dear Mike, What good is a job if you can't get to it? I disagree with your views ...

A portion of the Martin Luther King, Jr. East Busway will be closed on Saturday and Sunday to create room for a window washing project at the UPMC Assembly Building on Centre Avenue.

The busway will be closed from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday from East Liberty Station to the busway ramp at Neville Street.

Buses traveling inbound and outbound on the busway will not stop at Negley Station. Those buses will instead pick up and discharge riders on Ellsworth Avenue at Negley Avenue.

Delays of up to 20 minutes are expected.

Riders with questions are encouraged to contact Customer Service by calling 412-442-2000, on Twitter , or via live chat at

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