tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post1402252686382398043..comments2023-07-15T10:49:51.578-04:00Comments on TransitBlog - Port Authority of Allegheny County: Remarks from CEO Steve Bland on March 27 Service ReductionPort Authority of Allegheny Countyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087210880576559477noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-42108152620864328452011-04-04T10:25:28.015-04:002011-04-04T10:25:28.015-04:00Anonymous at 12:05 am:
We recommend calling ACCE...Anonymous at 12:05 am: <br /><br />We recommend calling ACCESS at (412) 562-5353 and asking to speak with a supervisor about your situation. <br /><br />Additionally, we have some information on other transportation carriers, including medical transportation services, on our website at http://www.portauthority.org/paac/portals/1/pdfs/OtherCarriersServingAlleghenyCounty.pdfPort Authority of Allegheny Countyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087210880576559477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-11931561407919093572011-04-04T00:05:50.886-04:002011-04-04T00:05:50.886-04:00Anonymous
I lost my bus service and now i have t...Anonymous <br /><br />I lost my bus service and now i have to wait at least 6weeks to get access im in a wheelchair what do i do now i can't make it to the store to get graceries or meds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-73168323798645603702011-04-02T12:04:26.465-04:002011-04-02T12:04:26.465-04:00The union, as all unions eventually do, put the Po...The union, as all unions eventually do, put the Port Authority into financial distress. The reality of the situation is that the Port Authority is BANKRUPT. Let it file, then either reset the contracts to something reasonable or let it go private.<br /><br />You can go from Pittsburgh to NYC for $25. About the cost of two heavily subsidized trips from Zone 2. LET IT GO BANKRUPT!!<br /><br />NO MORE FARE INCREASES to support this bloated system!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-24994368859335989982011-04-01T21:25:24.232-04:002011-04-01T21:25:24.232-04:00I enjoyed the 53 not showing up tonite at 6:51 U c...I enjoyed the 53 not showing up tonite at 6:51 U change the schedules and the buses dont even show luv it! A horse and carriage seems like a more reliable way of transportation! we live in the richest country in the world, its 2011 with terrible public transportation something is very wrong here. Bring back street cars!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-69349803075240867952011-03-31T23:25:14.614-04:002011-03-31T23:25:14.614-04:00Please cut out the fake sympathy! You're not i...Please cut out the fake sympathy! You're not in our position. What job have you lost? What doctor do you no longer have access to? Did you have to cut your college semester because you had no way of getting there? Can you go to grocery store without difficulty? Steve Bland you have no idea what destruction you've caused us over the years.<br /><br />Not only the passengers, but your employees as well.<br /><br />File for bankruptcy and start over. That's the smartest thing you can do if you're in so much "financial trouble".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-17349346840128763222011-03-31T15:58:46.507-04:002011-03-31T15:58:46.507-04:00Many buses are going to be more crowded due to the...Many buses are going to be more crowded due to the reductions caused by a loss of state funding. This likely will continue as demand is greater than the service available.<br /><br />Drivers do their best to determine how many individuals they can load on their vehicles. This obviously isn't the same on every vehicle or route. And drivers often drive at slower speeds if their vehicle is more crowded.Port Authority of Allegheny Countyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087210880576559477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-10463821981298623402011-03-30T19:18:49.851-04:002011-03-30T19:18:49.851-04:00There has to be some type of safety concern with t...There has to be some type of safety concern with the amount of people being put on these buses since the reductions. My route the P10 has to travel up route 28 at 55-60 mph with the bus crammed with at probably 20 people standing in the isle. How is this even close to safe. My other issue is there has been all these cuts and reductions due to the lack of funding but the 4:05 outbound P10 has had 2 buses following each other. If you can't afford to operate routes how can you afford to run 2 buses together. <br /><br />Additionally if you would like to make money... maybe have your fare machines actually work. At least 2-3 times a week lately they don't work on my bus. Do the math! $3.25 per person times probably 20-30 riders per day that don't have a monthly pass. Thats just my bus. I cannot image the amount the Port Authority loses per day just to having faulty fare machines. Everyone in management should resign so we can start fresh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-51088624038697060592011-03-30T16:15:02.368-04:002011-03-30T16:15:02.368-04:00Can anyone explain or define what safety precautio...Can anyone explain or define what safety precautions are in place now that the buses are packed full like cattle. I could be wrong but there has to be a passenger capacity limit to these buses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-52586481661453409832011-03-29T14:15:37.264-04:002011-03-29T14:15:37.264-04:00Bland is a terrible CEO. How can you run a busines...Bland is a terrible CEO. How can you run a business this way? $55 million in the hole?! Time to fire Bland and the entire board, design more efficient routes and cut back on administrative costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-61000025209656961642011-03-29T10:05:22.740-04:002011-03-29T10:05:22.740-04:00People are leaving this area in droves! No graduat...People are leaving this area in droves! No graduating student wants to stay here anymore. Just to make sure you have perks and your pockets are lined, you would sacrifice the lives of so many others. How many times do you take a bus?? Its is easy to look down from a glass tower, point and say the people don't need this and that, they can survive without this. Take a pay cut! I am sure you would still make enough money to live in style. It is sad that we can not trust people who are supposed to care about the community they serve. Pittsburgh will be a ghost town and it will be on your hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-65811386642170881582011-03-28T16:36:01.481-04:002011-03-28T16:36:01.481-04:00cut and raise is the only solution that PAT can co...cut and raise is the only solution that PAT can come up with. what if it dont work this time? cut service and raise fares again? please file for bankruptcy,put everybody out of their misery, and just start all over. if not, there will be no service leftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-81325616129845121142011-03-28T11:58:27.917-04:002011-03-28T11:58:27.917-04:00Please don't act like any of you really care o...Please don't act like any of you really care or understand Steve Bland. You DO NOT WALK IN OUR SHOES. You have severely impacted the lives of the public and your own drivers. I have no idea how you can get up everyday and look at yourself in the mirror.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-62915743202127005042011-03-28T11:35:01.138-04:002011-03-28T11:35:01.138-04:00I don't want to hear the problem lies in Harri...I don't want to hear the problem lies in Harrisburg BS.YOU CUT OFF MY ROUT TO SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEMESTER, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO GET THERE. <br /> First of all, If harrisburg was really the problem, you would have never extended the cut's and spread them out. The more pressure, the better. SO what,instead of ending these routes in June, you will end them in July ?? Big deal, what did you save, a month ?? That was in favor of the city. IF you couldn't have fixed the problem at that time, even this time, you could have filed for bankruptcy and got protection. This was, you could have renegotiated the retiree benefits. BUT NO, the man who suggested filing for bankruptcy protection is called RADICAL. Yeah, for your interest's. <br /> SO don't act as if people are being disingenuous. Disingenuous was the deals PATT cut with the people who don't even work anymore. I understand you have no control over what happen in the past, but this is why you could have filed for bankruptcy, like any normal company would in these circumstances. No company can operate when their costs for the work force retired is nearly as much as the working force. This is Insane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-15135066714593430072011-03-27T20:12:14.328-04:002011-03-27T20:12:14.328-04:00I'm sure that just like people pay the higher ...I'm sure that just like people pay the higher gas prices because they have no choice, the bus riders would pay higher fares to get where they need to go also. I think they would rather pay a little more and still be able to get there than to not be able to get there at all. I am (was) a bus rider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-24206161193508076662011-03-27T17:01:36.302-04:002011-03-27T17:01:36.302-04:00It breaks my heart that the government officials t...It breaks my heart that the government officials that we as a state elect didnt do anything at all to try to find a solution to the cuts that were made. $45 million dollars and nothing to come out of it but the original plan of the cuts! Maybe Rendell should have given that money to the residents that would have used it for an "alternative" that Bland continues to say is out there for us riders that will no longer be able to go to work, appt., shopping, Etc....Atleast the few that were being layed off from Port Authority have the option of receiving Unemployment benefits!! I dont have that option!! My funds just stop!! THe only option I have is to work in the city of Pittsburgh and we all know that jobs are fare and few these days! I have never lived in a city were public transportation was not available. Maybe that is why our youth are all moving out of state..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-5482542750340426532011-03-25T20:33:32.836-04:002011-03-25T20:33:32.836-04:00Mr. Bland doesn't know how to run a company le...Mr. Bland doesn't know how to run a company let alone know the hardships he creates for the poor! No bus to Jefferson Hospital/ Limited 61A service?!? Seriously, what is wrong with you? PAT doesn't get it, because they don't want to! Why waste our breath when they don't care?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-24567410445381433632011-03-25T09:51:27.572-04:002011-03-25T09:51:27.572-04:00Does ANYONE in Port Authority or council or govern...Does ANYONE in Port Authority or council or government know what they hell they're doing? Can't any of you add and subtract? You couldn't see this coming long ago??? No, you just keep doing what failed businesses and government do . . . spend money that you don't have, and rob Peter to pay Paul. Well, now is the time to pay up . . . and unfortunately it's the WORKING CLASS people that have to suffer. You should ALL be tarred and feathered and run out of town. Disgraceful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-23764651071426467442011-03-24T12:47:41.207-04:002011-03-24T12:47:41.207-04:00why wasn't the bus route to ambridge eliminate...why wasn't the bus route to ambridge eliminated since it is already served by BCTA?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-88472250357233277842011-03-24T01:42:40.601-04:002011-03-24T01:42:40.601-04:00It was noted that "Legally, not a dollar of t...It was noted that "Legally, not a dollar of the North Shore Connector money could be put toward our operating budget to run service." This is true...but where does PAAC expect to get the money to operate the North Shore Connector??? Until the operating budgetary woes are resolved, PAAC should stop looking at major capital improvements, period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-75763976380724281172011-03-23T18:10:41.283-04:002011-03-23T18:10:41.283-04:00Steve Blands salary should be reduced along with s...Steve Blands salary should be reduced along with some of the bus drivers who make way too much money and half of them are so mean and unpleasant they should not even be a bus driverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-3982841921848354972011-03-22T22:59:42.234-04:002011-03-22T22:59:42.234-04:00Bringing the 28X back to Robinson Town Center in p...Bringing the 28X back to Robinson Town Center in place of the G1 is a huge mistake - the 28X is always crowded as those coming from and heading to the airport always have bags that take up seats.<br /><br />Furthermore, the 28X doesn't stop anywhere in Robinson where anyone can park: Anyone who parks their car in Ikea's parking lot or the shopping center across the street will have their car towed. The only place that's open to bus rider parking is the mall, which will now only be serviced by the 24, which means my commute is going to double in time.<br /><br />It'd be fantastic if we could use the old Showcase Cinema parking lot, but I'd rather not risk having to pay the $250 tow fee...<br />Or even having the 28X make a quick loop down to the mall before it heads back onto 376.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-56347897102477930912011-03-21T09:21:49.687-04:002011-03-21T09:21:49.687-04:00Please keep our comment policy in mind when sharin...Please keep our comment policy in mind when sharing your views -- no foul language and no personal attacks. If your comment contains that kind of language it won't be posted.Port Authority of Allegheny Countyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087210880576559477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-72320792477910239552011-03-21T01:11:05.929-04:002011-03-21T01:11:05.929-04:00I recently spent 5 days in Boston and rode their p...I recently spent 5 days in Boston and rode their public transit system extensively to get around. Having come back to Pittsburgh I can only say that I am truly and deeply disappointed in our transit system on almost all fronts.<br /><br />A monthly pass that allowed unlimited ridership on all trains and buses was $59. The coverage is quite extensive in scope, having 4 separate train lines and numerous bus routes. Seating on said transit was considerably more comfortable, my back aches after riding the T from one end to the other twice a day.<br /><br />I know money is an issue, but as one of the only counties I am aware of that adds an additional 1% to sales tax I wonder where it all goes. Surely plenty of things are sold every day, and that 1% must add up.<br /><br />I dunno how they fund their system, but it's a damn good one, maybe you guys should talk.Melikothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155084480751733743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-60378156129246790602011-03-20T19:24:40.747-04:002011-03-20T19:24:40.747-04:00Want to save some money? Eliminate the Port Autho...Want to save some money? Eliminate the Port Authority police department. Instead allow the local municipality police to provide this service. Having a separate police department for PAT is redundant and wasteful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899602846859544461.post-63348859834261040482011-03-17T08:55:05.122-04:002011-03-17T08:55:05.122-04:00Bottom line is that Port Authority is being sunk b...Bottom line is that Port Authority is being sunk by exploding labor, benefit and retiree costs - across the board cuts are needed to save it - both union and non union. Of course the sacred cow unions would rather see Port Authority collapse than do that. Maybe they should declare Chapter 9 Bankruptcy - which would force the issue? The state should cut a deal - more money in exchange for across the board labor cut applying to all who work for the Government Sponsored Entity (you cant all it a company when it gets most of its money from taxpayers) known as Port Authority.<br /><br />Its time to get real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com