Thursday, July 7, 2011

New Bus Stops at New Target in East Liberty

Port Authority will establish two new bus stops this week to serve the new Target store located on Penn Avenue between Penn Circle South and Shady Avenue in East Liberty.

The inbound stop will be located on Penn Avenue opposite Eastside III Drive in front of Target. This stop will inbound service for following bus routes: 71C Point Breeze, 74 Homewood-Squirrel Hill, 77 Penn Hills, 82 Lincoln, 86 Liberty, 88 Penn and 89 Garfield Commons.

A new outbound stop for those routes will be established across the street from Target at Penn Avenue at Eastside III Drive.

The new stops will go into effect this Friday, July 8. Target is expected to open Sunday, July 24.

In addition to service at the new stops, many other routes will also provide nearby access to Target via adjacent stops, including the P1 and other routes at the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway's East Liberty Station, located across Penn Avenue from the store, and the 75 Ellsworth, which stops on Ellsworth Avenue near the busway station. For more information, use our online Trip Planner or call Customer Service at 412-442-2000 or for TTY, 412-231-7007.