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The Cost of Being American
What is the value of the American Dream? Making money consumes more than half of our waking adult days, so how are we spending this money? A recent article on…
Ideas on Less Parking and Buses
Having spent some significant time in cities where transit really seems to work, meaning it’s easy to use, people actually do use it, and it’s affordable, I thought I’d jot…
The Port Authority Finally Knows Who’s Riding What, When and Where
Brent over at Peak Direction has awesomely pointed out that the study the Port Authority commissioned to analyze it’s routes has finally come out to the public, and it’s got…
Port Authority Strikes
I lived in Portland, Oregon for most of last summer. I’ve been living in Austin, Texas for the past month and a half. Both of those cities are growing dramatically,…
Public Transit: Comparing Austin to Pittsburgh
Maybe I’ll make a little series out of this, comparing the City of Bridges to the City of Live Music. Or this may be the last post in this vein,…
The Port Authority Wants to Hear from You
As part of the major renovation that’s happening with our fair city’s transit system, the Port Authority is holding open house meetings specifically aimed at hearing where the public wants…
Bring Back the UltraViolet Loop
There are a lot of great bars and coffee shops and other late night hang outs in this city that are pretty easily accessible via bus routes from where I…
Find Port Authority Hand Schedules Instantly
After I created this mobile-optimized version of the Port Authority’s trip finder, Jake from 42harold.org sent me some code and permission to style up his own creation, an extremely simple…
A Better Port Authority Trip Finder
The Port Authority of Allegheny County offers an online trip planner that is decent from a functionality standpoint, but the Port Authority’s website in general, to be as definitively accurate…
Investigating the Port Authority, Drink Tax and the Onorato Administration
This report will attempt to demonstrate how, given the available data, the Port Authority could actually profit considerably more than $32M per year, if it gets its act together. I…