Thanksgiving Weekend Service & Detour Information

Port Authority service will operate on holiday schedules for Thanksgiving this Thursday, November 28.

Buses will operate on Sunday/Holiday schedules. If your route does not run on Sundays it will not operate on Thanksgiving. Holiday hours will be in effect on the incline and a special holiday schedule will be used on the light rail system (click to view).

On Thanksgiving, Port Authority's Customer Service phone line will be open holiday hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the Downtown Service Center will be closed. Port Authority's Twitter account will not be staffed Thursday or Friday.

Service will operate on regular weekday schedules on Friday, November 29.

Riders traveling over the holiday weekend should be aware of two major detours. On Thanksgiving morning, buses will be detoured in Downtown Pittsburgh and the North Shore due to the annual Turkey Trot race. Then on the morning of Saturday, November 30, buses will be detoured due to the My Macy’s Holiday Parade in Downtown Pittsburgh.

View information on Thursday's Turkey Trot detours.

View information on Saturday's parade detours.
For more information, contact Customer Service at 412-442-2000 or for TTY, 412-231-7007

Port Authority Releases FY13 Audit

The Port Authority of Allegheny County Board of Directors today released the audited financial statements for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2013.

“We are very pleased that the Authority received a clean audit opinion from its independent auditors,” said David White, Chairman of the Authority’s Audit Committee.

The statements were reviewed and approved by the Board’s Audit Committee, which is comprised of White, Sen. Jim Brewster and Tom Donatelli. The Committee recommended the statements be approved by the full Board. The audit can be viewed online by clicking here.

Maher Duessel, of Pittsburgh, audited the Authority’s financial statements and reported no material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and major programs. The auditors conducted their audit of the Authority’s financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards and noted improved internal financial reporting, despite cutbacks in the Authority’s finance department.

Light Up Night Detours Nov. 22-23

Many Port Authority bus routes will see detours and temporary stop changes in Downtown Pittsburgh this weekend due to Light Up Night festivities.

On Friday, November 22, detours start at various times throughout the day and will, in many cases, be in effect through the evening. View our detour notice for route-specific details. Most routes will be affected.

Then on Saturday, November 23, various routes will be detoured Downtown from appproximately 4:30 pm to 7 pm due to a parade. View detour notice for details.

P1 Detour Fri. Night to Sun.

Port Authority's Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway will be closed in both directions between Neville Ramp and the East Liberty Bus Division this weekend due to work on the new East Liberty Transit Center.

The closure will be in effect from approximately 11 Friday night through Sunday and will detour the P1 East Busway-All Stops bus route, affecting riders who use the Negley and East Liberty busway stations.

During the closure, P1 buses will detour using Neville, Ellsworth and Shady avenues, with stops at Ellsworth at S. Negley Avenue (to serve Negley Station riders) and on Ellsworth Avenue near the East Liberty Station Entrance.

For more details, view our Detour Notice call Customer Service at 412-442-2000 or for TTY, 412-231-7007.

Service Adjustments Take Effect Nov. 24

Schedules for 16 Port Authority bus and light rail routes will be adjusted effective Sunday, November 24. Port Authority regularly adjusts schedules four times a year.

Included in the adjustments are new timetables for the routes detoured by the ongoing West Carson Street reconstructions project.

To view new schedules, please click on the route name below.

The next round of regular service adjustments will take place in March 2014.

• 11 Fineview: Downtown Pittsburgh routing and stops will change. Trip times will be adjusted.
  
• 54 North Side-Oakland-South Side: Trip times will be adjusted.
  
• 20 Kennedy: The schedule and routing will be changed to reflect the current detour due to the ongoing West Carson Street reconstruction project.
  
• 21 Coraopolis: The schedule and routing will be changed to reflect the current detour due to the ongoing West Carson Street reconstruction project.
  
• 22 McCoy: The schedule and routing will be changed to reflect the current detour due to the ongoing West Carson Street reconstruction project.
  
• 24 West Park: The schedule and routing will be changed to reflect the current detour due to the ongoing West Carson Street reconstruction project.
  
• 28X Airport Flyer: The schedule and routing will be changed to reflect the current detour due to the ongoing West Carson Street reconstruction project. Additionally, an outbound pickup-only stop will be added at Steuben Street opposite Wabash (Planet) for the duration of the detour.
  
• 51 Carrick: The weekday inbound trip arriving Downtown at 5:55 a.m. will operate earlier at all points.
  
• 52L Homeville Limited: The schedule and routing will be changed to make permanent the current detour through Whitaker (due to the change in weight rating on the Homeville Creek Bridge No. 4 on Ravine Street in Munhall). All stops along the route will be established.
  
• 65 Squirrel Hill: The 7:45 a.m. round trip will be moved five minutes earlier. A 7:55 a.m. inbound trip, 8:15 a.m. outbound trip and a 9:15 a.m. inbound trip will be added.
  
• 74 Homewood-Squirrel Hill: The Highland Drive VA Hospital service will be removed from the route schedule due to the facility’s closure. The schedule will be adjusted with a five-minute improvement in frequency (for example, most weekday trips will operate every 35 minutes instead of every 40 minutes).
  
• G2 West Busway-All Stops: The schedule and routing will be changed to reflect the current detour due to the ongoing West Carson Street reconstruction project.
  
• G3 Moon Flyer: The schedule and routing will be changed to reflect the current detour due to the ongoing West Carson Street reconstruction project.
  
• G31 Bridgeville Flyer: The schedule and routing will be changed to reflect the current detour due to the ongoing West Carson Street reconstruction project.
  
• P76 Lincoln Highway Flyer: An outbound pickup-only stop will be established at Hay Street Ramp in Wilkinsburg.
  
• Blue Line-Library: Some weekday trip times will be adjusted.

Additionally, the Red Line-Subway Local schedule will be reprinted this month to correct an error. There are no changes to service.

For questions or assistance, please contact Customer Service at 412-442-2000 (TTY 412-231-7007).

Port Authority Veterans Day Information

The Downtown Service Center will be closed on Monday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day.

All bus and T service will run on regular weekday schedules on Veterans Day and the Customer Service phone line will be open regular weekday hours, 6 am to 7 pm.

Port Authority's Twitter account will not be staffed on the holiday.

Most bus routes serving Downtown Pittsburgh will see detours from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the annual Veterans Day Parade. View our detour notice for complete information.

For more information or assistance, dial Customer Service at 412-442-2000 (TTY 412-231-7007).

Duquesne Incline Closure: November 8

The Duquesne Incline will be closed from approximately 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, November 8 due to state inspections.

During the closure, Port Authority will provide bus shuttles to transport Duquesne Incline riders to and from the Monongahela Incline for service. An upper shuttle will run between the Duquesne Incline upper station and Mon Incline upper station. A lower shuttle will run between the Duquesne Incline lower station and the Mon Incline lower station.

The Duquesne Incline is owned by Port Authority but operated by the nonprofit Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline.