Wednesday, February 27, 2013

35 Routes Adjusted on March 17

Port Authority makes routine changes to its schedules four times per year.

Schedules for approximately 35 different bus routes will be adjusted on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Descriptions of the changes are included below, including links to new schedules.

Routes not listed will not be impacted.

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

  • 8 Perrysville: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 14 Ohio Valley: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 16 Brighton: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 17 Shadeland: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 18 Manchester: The entire schedule is rewritten.
  • 20 Kennedy: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 21 Coraopolis: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 22 McCoy: Weekday trip times are adjusted.
  • 24 West Park: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 44 Knoxville: Trip times are adjusted. Weekday evening frequency is changed from every 35 minutes to every 40 minutes.
  • 52L Homeville Limited: Trip times are adjusted. The round trips that arrive Downtown at 6:15 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. will operate five minutes later, as will the 8:10 a.m. inbound trip. The 3:45 p.m. outbound trip will operate five minutes earlier. The 4:45 p.m. outbound trip and round trips arriving Downtown at 5:45 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. will operate five minutes later.
  • 53 Homestead Park: Routing and stops within The Waterfront is changed. Trip times are adjusted and on weekdays the evening trip frequency is changed from every 60 minutes to every 80 minutes. Additionally, the first weekday outbound trip is converted to an outbound 53L trip, which will depart Downtown at 8:30 a.m. and serve The Waterfront in addition to the rest of its routing.
  • 53L Homestead Park Limited: Trip times are adjusted. Certain 53L trips will now serve The Waterfront: the outbound trips that leave Downtown at 7:10 a.m. and 7:50 a.m., the inbound trip that arrives Downtown at 5:25 p.m. and the round trips that arrive Downtown at 6:15 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Additionally, two new trips are added and will also serve The Waterfront: an outbound trip leaving Downtown at 8:30 a.m. and an inbound trip arriving Downtown at 4:45 p.m.
  • 59 Mon Valley: Trip times are adjusted. All 59 trips that begin at Library Street at Braddock Avenue will now begin at Baldridge Avenue past 6th Street at the high rise.
  • 60 Walnut-Crawford Village: Trip times are adjusted. The seven-minute layover at McKeesport Transportation Center is eliminated on inbound trips (toward Crawford Village). Inbound trips will now use 5th Avenue and Huey Street between Walnut Street and the Transportation Center, with two stop changes. Routing at Olympia Shopping Center is changed, with a stop added at Lifespan.
  • 61A Wilkinsburg-Forbes Ave: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 61B Braddock-Swissvale: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 61C McKeesport-Homestead: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 61D Murray: Trip times are adjusted. Additionally, three weekday morning inbound trips are added.
  • 65 Squirrel Hill: Trip times are adjusted. Additionally, the 6:45 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. round trips will operate five minutes earlier. The inbound trip arriving Downtown at 8:45 a.m. will operate five minutes later.
  • 67 Monroeville: On weekdays, four morning inbound-only short trips (from Hay-Penn in Wilkinsburg to Downtown Pittsburgh) are added. Also on weekdays, three afternoon outbound-only short trips (from Downtown Pittsburgh to Sawyer Way in Wilkinsburg) are added. The weekday outbound trip leaving Downtown at 8:52 a.m. will operate 11 minutes earlier, leaving Downtown at 8:41 a.m.  Saturday frequency is changed from every 60 minutes to every 60-70 minutes. On Saturdays, the inbound trips arriving Downtown at 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. will now begin at Hay-Penn in Wilkinsburg (the corresponding outbound trips will not change). On Sundays, the inbound trips arriving Downtown at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. will now begin at Hay-Penn in Wilkinsburg (the corresponding outbound trips will not change).
  • 69 Trafford: Trip times are adjusted. On weekdays, the round trip that arrives Downtown at 6:30 a.m. will operate five minutes earlier.
  • 71A Negley: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 71B Highland Park: Trip times are adjusted. Note: The printed version of this schedule contains an error on the trip times of the last Sunday outbound 71B trip. The PDF schedule linked here contains the correct trip information. 
  • 71C Point Breeze: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 71D Hamilton: Trip times are adjusted.
  • 77 Penn Hills: Trip times are adjusted. Sunday morning trip times are changed to better assist 86 Liberty through Homewood.
  • P7 McKeesport Flyer: Trip times are adjusted.
  • P12 Holiday Park Flyer: The first a.m. inbound trip will operate five minutes earlier. All a.m. outbound trips and p.m. inbound trips are rerouted between the East Busway and the Parkway East to better accommodate reverse commuters. These P12 trips will use Penn Avenue and William Penn Highway, serving all posted stops en route, and enter/exit the Parkway East at Churchill.
  • P16 Penn Hills Flyer: Trip times are adjusted.
  • P67 Monroeville Flyer: Trip times are adjusted.
  • P69 Trafford Flyer: Trip times are adjusted.
  • P76 Lincoln Highway Flyer: Trip times are adjusted.
  • O1 Ross Flyer: Trip times are adjusted.
The next round of quarterly schedule adjustments will take place in June 2013.