Proposed transit cuts would cause 'immediate and severe' problems, advocates testify - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Proposed transit cuts would cause 'immediate and severe' problems, advocates testify - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s third public hearing Thursday on proposed massive service cuts drew concerns from three distinct groups: medical professionals and their patients, communities that rely on public transit, and people with physical disabilities. Because there hasn’t been an increase in state subsidy funds for more than 10 years and emergency federal funding provided during the pandemic is running out, PRT and other transit agencies ac…