Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Service Adjustments on 25 Routes Take Effect Sept. 30

Routine minor schedule adjustments are made four times per year, and service for approximately 25 bus and T routes will be adjusted effective Sunday, September 30, 2012. These adjustments are not related to the postponed service cuts. 

Schedule brochures will be reprinted for all routes to include new fares, but only the following routes will see adjustments to their timetables or routing. Paper schedule brochures will be available prior to the September 30 changes.

To view new schedule PDFs, click on the route name.

  • 2 Mount Royal: Downtown routing is changed. Buses will now stop at Liberty Avenue at 7th Street (instead of Liberty at Tito Way or 6th Street) and at 7th Street at Fort Duquesne Boulevard (instead of 6th Street at Fort Duquesne Boulevard).

  • 4 Troy Hill: Downtown routing is changed. Buses will now stop at Liberty Avenue at 7th Street (instead of Liberty at Tito Way or 6th Street) and at 7th Street at Fort Duquesne Boulevard (instead of 6th Street at Fort Duquesne Boulevard).

  • 6 Spring Hill: Routing between Chestnut Street at E. Ohio Street and Downtown Pittsburgh is changed. The route will no longer travel via the Strip District or use the 16th Street Bridge, but instead proceed on E. Ohio to Cedar, Stockton and Sandusky streets to the 7th Street Bridge. In Downtown, the route will serve 7th Street, Liberty Avenue and Penn Station. All Downtown stops are changed. Additionally, trip times are adjusted, and weekday frequency is increased from every 30 minutes peak / every 60 minutes off-peak to every 25 minutes peak / every 50 minutes off-peak. Weekend frequency is changed from every 60 minutes to every 70 minutes.

  • 8 Perrysville: School trips are added for the school year.

  • 15 Charles: Trip times are adjusted. Additionally, some of this route’s Downtown Pittsburgh stops are changed. The route will now turn left onto Liberty from 7th Street and proceed to Penn Station, then on outbound proceed down Liberty to 6th Street, where it will continue its current routing. The stop at 7th Street at Penn Avenue is discontinued.

  • 18 Manchester: Trip times are adjusted. On weekdays, the first two morning round trips and last round trip of the evening are eliminated. 

  • 44 Knoxville: Trip times are adjusted. Weekend frequency is increased from every 80 minutes to every 75 minutes.

  • 51 Carrick: Weekday morning trip times are adjusted.

  • 51L Carrick: An inbound trip arriving Downtown at 6:33 a.m. and an outbound trip leaving
    Downtown at 2:55 p.m. are added to the schedule.

  • 61A Wilkinsburg-Forbes Avenue: On weekdays, schedule times will be changed on the last three round trips of the evening.

  • 61C McKeesport-Homestead: Trip times are adjusted. On Sundays, the round trip scheduled for 6:37 a.m. in Downtown Pittsburgh will start 11 minutes earlier.

  • 61D Murray: Trip times are adjusted.

  • 63 Edgewood: The two remaining 63 Edgewood trips are eliminated. This route was absorbed into the 61A route when it was extended to Swissvale for weekday service as of March 26, 2012. For service along the 63 routing, please see the 61A schedule.

  • 64 Lawrenceville-Waterfront: Trip times are adjusted.

  • 67 Monroeville: Trip times are adjusted.

  • 71A Negley: Weekday peak frequency is adjusted from every 10 minutes to every 15 minutes, due to the rerouting of 71C along S. Negley Avenue between Penn Avenue and Centre Avenue. Together, 71A and 71C will continue to provide frequent service (approximately every 7-8 minutes) during peak periods along their common routing (between Penn/S. Negley and Downtown Pittsburgh).
  • 71C Point Breeze: This route will no longer serve S. Beatty Street and Baum Boulevard, but will instead continue from Penn Avenue to S. Negley Avenue to Centre Avenue, to increase common routing with 71A Negley and help alleviate crowding. Additionally, weekday peak frequency is increased from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes. Together, 71A and 71C will continue to provide frequent service (approximately every 7-8 minutes) during peak periods along their common routing (between Penn/S. Negley and Downtown Pittsburgh).

  • 74 Homewood-Squirrel Hill: Service is restored to the Belmar Gardens area of Lincoln-Lemington. Trip times are adjusted.

  • 77 Penn Hills: Various weekday trip times are adjusted.

  • P1 East Busway-All Stops: Several a.m. inbound P2 East Busway-Short trips are extended to Swissvale and converted into P1 trips in order to serve more riders. Additionally, all P2 trips leaving Downtown weekdays after 5 p.m. will operate as P1 trips.

  • P2 East Busway-Short: Several a.m. inbound P2 East Busway-Short trips are extended to Swissvale and converted into P1 trips in order to serve more riders. Additionally, all P2 trips leaving Downtown weekdays after 5 p.m. will operate as P1 trips.

  • P3 East Busway-Oakland: An inbound trip leaving Swissvale Station at 5:18 p.m. is added.

  • P78 Oakmont Flyer: An outbound trip departing Downtown at 6:45 a.m. is added.

  • Y47 Curry Flyer: Trip times are adjusted, and an outbound trip scheduled for 3:05 p.m. Downtown is added on weekdays.

  • SL Subway Local: Short light rail trips operating between South Hills Junction and Allegheny Station (called “Subway Local” trips) have been officially added to enhance Port Authority’s T weekend service. When combined with existing Red Line and Blue Line schedules, this will provide T service every 10 minutes between South Hills Junction and Allegheny Station within the following hours: 10 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays. Subway Local times are printed on the Red Line schedule.

For questions or assistance, dial Customer Service at 412-442-2000 or for TTY, 412-231-7007.