[Transport] PAT Service Cuts Reduced to 15%--For Now!

[Glenn A. Walsh]

As many of you have heard by now, the amount of Port
Authority Transit service in Pittsburgh and Allegheny
County slated for reduction, effective June 17, has
been reduced to 15 percent of the current system
service [from the originally proposed 25 percent
reduction in service]. Other recommendations of the
PAT staff, to be formally approved by the PAT Board on
Friday:

* July 1 - ACCESS Paratransit Service base fares rise
by 50 cents (NOT $1 increase originally proposed)

* Sept. 2 - Scheduled date for implementation of
second set of transit service reductions (Phase II: 10
percent reduction, in addition to 15 percent reduction
in June), if approved by PAT Board in June.

* Jan. 1, 2008 - Scheduled date for implementation of
transit fare increases, if approved by PAT Board
(currently no recommendation on a fare increase
scheme)

At the following link, I have compiled all of the
information, from PAT and from the Pittsburgh
newspapers this weekend, regarding the details of the
PAT staff recommendations issued on Friday:

<
http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/pat/2007fundingcrisis.html#revtransit
>

At this link, I continue compiling a monthly Calendar
of Upcoming Hearings, Meetings, and Events Regarding
this Transit Proposal:

<
http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/pat/2007fundingcrisis.html#calendar >

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
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