Bus & T Service Status for Tuesday, Feb. 9

UPDATED: 10 PM, MONDAY, FEB. 8

Port Authority plans to restore more bus routes on Tuesday morning and resume T service to Steel Plaza and Wood Street stations.

All but 22 bus routes will be providing service by Tuesday morning and snow has been cleared from all but two Park and Ride lots (Mt. Lebanon and Olympia, in McKeesport).

Thirty-nine bus routes will be detoured from their regular routes or not be able to provide service into some areas where roads are not yet passable. Route-by-route details are listed below.

We recommend riders anticipate slow travel and delays during the Tuesday morning rush hour.

Also on Tuesday morning:
* The Mon Incline will be in service.
* The 52 Allentown light rail route will not provide service nor will a bus shuttle be provided - parts of the route are impassable and stranded vehicles are blocking portions of the line.
* The Wabash HOV lanes will remain closed.

We will continue to provide updates on service on this web site, our Twitter site and through local media.

The following bus routes will be detoured, out of service, or offer limited service on Tuesday:
*If a route is not listed, it will follow a regular route and schedule.
*All routes that remain shut down are marked in red.
*In Oakland, buses that normally use the Fifth Avenue bus lane heading outbound instead will use Forbes Avenue. The bus lane has not been plowed.
*To review Monday's service status, click here.

* 1F Millvale (no Forliview or Shalercrest)
* 6A Troy Hill Road - Out of Service
* 6D Spring Looper - Out of Service
* 16F City View (no outbound service on Jacksonia)
* 11E Fineview - Out Of Service
* 13J Franklin Park Express - Out of Service
* 21A Coraopolis (no Phillips Power Station)
* 21F Presston-Kenmawr (no service to McKees Rocks bottoms, beyond Helen Street ramp, to McKees Rocks Bridge* 24A Crafton-Presston (no service to Meyers Ridge or McKees Rocks Bottoms, past Helen Street ramp, to McKees Rocks Bridge* 25A Robinson-Moon-Coraopolis (no Mooncrest)
* 26D Chartiers City (no Allendale Circle)
* 36C Green Tree (remains on Greentree Road at outer end of route)
* 36D Westwood (to Parkway Center Mall only until the condition of neighborhood streets beyond the mall improve.
* 38C Green Tree Express (remains on Greentree Road at outer end of route)
* 41D Brookline (to Cannon only (Chelton); no Altmar & Reamer, or Ebenshire Village service)
* 41E Mount Washington - Out Of Service* 41G Dormont Rolling Hills (from Mount Lebanon Station, Washington Road to and from Washington and Peermont; no Rolling Hills service)* 43E Mount Washington Express - Out of Service
* 46K Knoxville - Out Of Service
* 51A Arlington Heights (service only to South 26th & East Carson; no service to South Side Slopes, Arlington or Arlington Heights)
* 51B Spencer (service in South Side only to S. 30th & Sarah/Carson; no service to Brentwood or Baldwin Boro)
* 51C Carrick (Regular route inbound - no Brentwood Loop available; outbound, from Smithfield Street Bridge, South Busway, Warrington, Arlington and Brownsville)
* 51D Churchview (service in South Side only to S. 30th & Sarah/Carson; no service to Churchview or Baldwin Boro)
* 51G Mount Oliver (service in South Side only to S. 30th & Sarah/Carson; no service to St. Clair Village, Becks Run or Mount Oliver)
* 53F Homestead-Lincoln Place (no Skyview or Muldowney Loop)
* 54C North Side-Oakland-South Side (no Polish Hill; in South Side, from S. 18th and East Carson - continue on East Carson, South Busway, Warrington to regular route. Reverse on inbound. No Bon Air service. Transfer passengers along South Busway to detoured outbound 51C trips for travel to Mt. Oliver)
* 55E Whitaker-West Mifflin (no Monvue Heights)
* 56B Hazelwood (no Imogene or Brown's Hill Road service; service Johnston via Second Avenue to Kane Center)
* 56U Oakland-Greenfield - Out of Service
* 58P Port Vue-Liberty Express (detoured to and from Olympia Shopping Center Park & Ride; no Port Vue service)
* 59A West Mifflin-North Versailles (no Monvue Heights)
* 60B Jenny Lind (use Baile Avenue inbound and outbound)
* 60E White Oak-Grandview (use 5th Avenue and Lincoln Way between Evans and O'Neill Blvd)
* 60K Crawford Village (use 6th and Shaw instead of Evans Avenue)
* 60M McKeesport-East Pittsburgh (no Crestas Terrace - use Clyde)
* 60P Port Vue-Liberty - Out of Service
* 68D Braddock Hills Express (no Brinton Manors or Towers; use Yost to Ardmore, then to regular route at Grandview and Bessemer)* 71A Negley (no St. Clair Street - detour via Bunkerhill to One Wild Place, Butler Street and either Zoo or 62nd Street Loop)
* 74A Homewood-Squirrel Hill - Out Of Service
* 75A Monroeville Shopper - Out of Service
* 75B Monroeville-Pitcairn - Out of Service
* 75B Monroeville-Pitcairn - Out of Service
* 75D Penn Hills-Monroeville - Out of Service
* 77D Highland-Friendship (Wellesley-Heberton area may not be accessible)
* 77F Morningside-Friendship (no Morningside area service; detour via Stanton Avenue and follow 77G routing)
* 79D Mount Carmel - Out Of Service
* 81A Oak Hill - Out Of Service
* 81B Lincoln (no Lemington Home or Penn Hills Multi-Purpose Center)
* 81C Webster - Out Of Service
* 84B Oakland Loop - Out Of Service
* 84C Hill Loop - Out Of Service
* 86A East Hills (no Wilmer or Park Hill Drive; use Frankstown & Robinson)
* 89A Garfield Heights - Out Of Service
* 94B Morningside (detour via Stanton Avenue and Butler Street)
* 94C Paulsen Avenue -Out Of Service
* 500 Highland Park-Bellevue (no St. Clair Street; detour via Bunkerhill to One Wild Place, Butler Street and either Zoo or 62nd Street Loop)
* D Middle Road Flyer - Out Of Service
* LP Lincoln Park Flyer - Out Of Service
* ML Millvale-Lawrenceville Flyer (service from Millvale Loop only; no Shalercrest service)

Bus & T Service Status for Monday, Feb. 8

UPDATED: 3:30 PM

Port Authority continues to provide bus and T service Monday afternoon although snowy roads and slow travel has caused widespread delays throughout the day.

Riders should anticipate the possibility of delays through the afternoon rush hour.

Service is being provided on more than 100 bus routes and on the T light rail system. Some routes have been deviated due to road conditions and drivers sometimes must detour around areas that are impassable. A complete list is provided below.

The T continues to provide service to the First Avenue Station in Downtown. A power issue in the Downtown subway prevents T service into the Steel Plaza and Wood Street stations. Bus shuttles have been serving temporary stops located outside the stations.

Other service issues:

* The Authority continues to clear Park and Ride lots. Several were not accessible this morning due to snow.
* The Mon Incline was in service today.
* The 52 Allentown light rail route is not in service.
* The Wabash HOV lanes were shut down today.


Another 60 bus routes remain out of service due to weather-related issues across the Authority's service area.

We continue monitoring efforts by public works crews to clear roads and as more routes become available, we will update this web site, our Twitter site and local media.

Bus routes operating Monday:
* Buses will follow regular routes unless specified.
* If a route is not listed, it is not operating yet.
* Latest updates are in red.


* 1A New Kensington (no Waterworks Mall - use Freeport Road)
* 1D Mount Royal Boulevard
* 1F Millvale (no Forliview or Shalercrest service)
* 3L Creighton–Lower Burrell Express
* 5A Natrona–Argonne
* 6B Spring Hill (buses will detour via Perrysville Avenue & Federal to W. North & city)
* 6D Spring Looper (to Spring Garden only)
* 11C Perry Highway (no Laurel Gardens)
* 11D Perrysville
* 12A North Hills Shopper (regular route except no Northway Mall)
* 13A North Hills Express
* 13B Babcock Express
* 13C Perry Highway Express
* 13G Thompson Run Express
* 13J Franklin park Express (Not running. We tried to put 13J's in service but Rochester Road is closed due to six trees down. Buses were forced to return to the garage.)
* 13K Marshall Express
* 13U North Hills – Oakland Express
* 13X Perrysville Park & Ride
* 16A Ohio River Blvd
* 16B Brighton
* 16D Manchester
* 16F City View
* 17B Avalon via Shadeland Avenue
* 18B Avalon – Shadeland Avenue Express
* 18C Bellevue-Union Avenue Express
* 21A Coraopolis (terminating at Bank and Walnut in Sewickley; no Sewickley Hospital or service to Crescent)
* 21C West Park (via Dohrman and Singer only)
* 21D Kennedy
* 26A Ingram – Sheraden
* 26B Fairywood via Steuben Street (no Broadhead – Fording service)
* 26D Chartiers City (no Allendale Circle)
* 26E Robinson-Imperial
* 28E Robinson-Imperial Express
* 28M Campbell’s Run Express
* 28K Moon Express
* 28X Airport Flyer
* 31D Bridgeville via Washington Avenue
* 31E Bridgeville via Main Street (to Gladden Terminal only – no Reising Run Road)
* 33D Bridgeville Express via Washington Avenue
* 33E Bridgeville Express via Main Street
* 33X West Busway
* 35A Baldwin-Whitehall
* 36A Banksville via Cedar Boulevard
* 36C Green Tree
* 38C Green Tree Express (Green Tree – Forsythe only)
* 41B Bower Hill
* 41D Brookline (no Altmar & Reamer; no Ebenshire)
* 44U Oakland–Mount Lebanon
* 46A Brentwood
* 46D Curry
* 46F Baldwin Highlands
* 46G Elizabeth (using Route 51 only; not servicing Worthington or upper Clairton)
* 51A Arlington Heights (no Arlington or Arlington Heights service.)
* 51C Carrick (Inbound is using regular route. Outbound, from the Smithfield Street Bridge, bus is using the South Busway, Warrington, Arlington, Brownsville and back to regular route. Stranded vehicles are blocking S. 18th. No outbound South Side service (use 51A).
* 51G Mount Oliver (no Becks Run, Mt. Oliver, St. Clair Village service).
* 53F Homestead-Lincoln Place (West, Amity–12th are no longer passable. Inbound buses from 22nd will use West Run, Forest, East Eighth and onto the Homestead Grays Bridge. Outbound would run in reverse.)
* 54C North Side-Oakland-South Side (no Polish Hill, Bon Air, Mt. Oliver or Allentown service)
* 55M Century III Mall (West, Amity–12th are no longer passable. Inbound buses from 22nd will use West Run, Forest, East Eighth and onto the Homestead Grays Bridge. Outbound would run in reverse.)
* 56B Hazelwood (using Eight Avenue, Glenwood Bridge and Second Avenue – No Imogene)
* 56C McKeesport-Lincoln Place (no Ramp Street – No Hays)
* 56E Greenfield
* 58C McKeesport Express
* 58V Versailles Express
* 60M McKeesport – Pittsburgh
* 61A East Pittsburgh–Wilkinsburg
* 61B Braddock Swissvale
* 61C McKeesport–Homestead (no Mifflin Estates or Century Square service)
* 61F Homestead Park (West, Amity–12th are no longer passable. Inbound buses from 22nd will use West Run, Forest, East Eighth and onto the Homestead Grays Bridge. Outbound would run in reverse.)
* 63A North Braddock Express
* 63B Rankin Express
* 64A East Liberty Homestead
* 67A Monroeville
* 67C Laketon Road
* 67E Greensburg Pike
* 67F Trafford
* 67H Squirrel Hill
* 67J Lincoln Highway
* 68A Monroeville Express
* 68B Blackridge-Laketon Express
* 68F Trafford Express
* 68G Swisshelm Park Express
* 68J Lincoln Highway Express
* 69A Forbes
* 71A Negley (using Forbes Avenue; no Fifth Ave Bus Lane through Oakland; using Negley only; cannot service St. Clair & Bunkerhill)
* 71C Wilkinsburg via East Liberty (not using Whitfield inbound-blocked; outbound using Forbes Avenue through Oakland)
* 71D Hamilton (using Forbes Avenue outbound - no Fifth Avenue Bus Lane)
* 74B Highland Park – RIDC Park
* 77A Oakmont (blocked on Allegheny River Boulevard and Verona Road by stranded cars and downed trees)
* 77B Penn Hills
* 77C Shadyside
* 77D Highland Friendship (To/From Stanton Ave area only)
* 77F Morningside – Friendship (To/From Stanton area only)
* 77G Stanton Heights – Friendship (To/From Stanton area only)
* 77U Oakland – Penn Hills
* 78A Oakmont Express (may use Verona Road)
* 78C Shadyside Express
* 78E Penn Hills East Vue Express (no Anthon & Ange)
* 81B Lincoln (no Lemington Home)
* 86A East Hills (not serving Wilner or Park Hill Drives)
* 86B Frankstown
* 91A Butler Street (no Waterworks)
* 93A Aspinwall – Cheswick Express
* 100 West Busway - Oakland
* 500 Highland Park–Bellevue (buses using Negley Avenue and East Liberty Boulevard; no Highland Park service; using Forbes Avenue; no Fifth Ave Bus Lane through Oakland; using Negley only; cannot service St. Clair & Bunkerhill)
* EBA East Busway All Stops
* EBS East Busway Short
* EBO East Busway – Oakland
* AV Allegheny Valley Flyer
* AVN Allegheny Valley North Flyer
* B Bellevue Flyer
* BR Brentwood Flyer
* CO Coraopolis Flyer
* E Elizabeth Flyer
* G Greensburg Pike Flyer
* GC Garden City Flyer
* HP Holiday Park Flyer
* OV Ohio Valley Flyer
* P Penn Hills Flyer
* PG Penn Hills-Universal Flyer
* R Mount Royal Flyer
* T Trafford Flyer
* W Wilkins Avenue Flyer

Working Toward Transparency

Port Authority recently instituted a number of changes designed to make our agency's information more transparent and accessible to riders and the general public.

Here's a roundup of some of the additions and improvements we've made over the last couple of months, including links to new information on our web site:
Audits: Internal audits are now available online in addition to external and independent audits.
Board Materials: Last month we started posting Board agendas and resolutions on our Web site. We also will post meeting minutes starting in late February.
Addressing our Board: There are now more options for submitting requests to speak or make a presentation at Board meetings. Prior to last month, members of the public had to mail or hand-deliver a written request. Now any individual or group may also request to address the Board by filling out this online form.
Previously, requests to speak needed to be made at least two weeks prior to Board meetings. We have shortened the deadline for requests to five business days prior to the meeting date. To give more people an opportunity to speak during a meeting, each individual presentation will be allotted three minutes -- that's in keeping with the policies of comparable public bodies, like Pittsburgh's City Council.
Complaints and Questions: We've also reworked our online complaint, comment and question forms. Until recently, things like bus number and driver number were required fields on our complaint form. We realize riders might not always have those details available (especially if filing a complaint after the fact), so we've changed our form to make it easier to report incidents using only the date/time, route number, location and a description of what happened.
With TDP changes on the way, we know riders have a lot of questions. That's why we've made our comment/question form more prominent via a "Contact Us" link on the home page. This is where you should go if you have a question about upcoming TDP route changes or anything else Port Authority-related...simply input your question and your contact information, and a member of our staff will be in touch.

Transit Data: Up until now, our raw schedule and route data had been available upon request but not readily accessible on our web site. Now developers can freely download our data for use in creating transit applications. We look forward to seeing what our local tech community comes up with!

There's still more we can do to make Port Authority more transparent and to make information more easily accessible, and we'll continue to make changes that keep these goals in mind.

TDP Route Changes Now Start April 4

Port Authority has pushed back the date it will make the first round of route changes as developed through the Transit Development Plan.
The changes initially scheduled to start on Sunday, March 14, will be made three weeks later, starting Sunday, April 4.
Essentially, the move will give riders a few extra weeks to become more familiar with the coming changes. Remember, we're not changing every route on April 4 - these will come in phases over the next couple of years.
More details about the changes, including maps, are available on the Port Authority Web site.
Starting in mid-February, the site will be updated with valuable information about the April 4 changes. Riders may use a route conversion tool along with an interactive map. We'll be sure to announce the release of this information here, on our Twitter site and at portauthority.org.
We decided to push the date back due to an issue experienced as our operators were selecting route assignments. This process occurs about four times a year. The problem resulted in some operators receiving incorrect assignment information and created the potential for service difficulties.
Port Authority, after discussing the matter internally and consulting union officials, felt the best decision for our employees and riders was to correct the problem and allow operators to select assignments again.
We apologize for any inconvenience. However, we sincerely hope you take the extra time to read more about the upcoming changes, check back in mid-February for more detailed information, and sign up today to receive an email notification of upcoming route changes.
If you have specific TDP-related questions, please use this form and a member of our staff will contact you.

Community Contributions

Employees "stuffed the bus" full of toys for kids in need.

In recent months, Port Authority employees have given their time, talents and resources to make our community a better place to live and work. Here's just a sampling of what our employees have done recently...

Drivers from the East Liberty division recently set up a bench-press contest to raise money and awareness for the ALS Association, the organization working to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Employees from the Collier, East Liberty and Ross locations competed, raising $712 for the fight against ALS.

During the holidays, employees at the West Mifflin division participated in the Salvation Army’s “Treasures for Children” toy drive, selecting gift tags and purchasing toys for local underprivileged kids. The Collier division conducted its own “Toys for Tots” drive that benefited the Kiwanis Club of Sheraden and the Collier Community Outreach Committee.

And finally, employees from all Port Authority locations “stuffed the bus” this past holiday season, collecting toys that were delivered via bus to the Allegheny County Labor Council, AFL-CIO, where the toys were distributed to children of unemployed or underemployed labor families.
Many thanks to our employees for their kindness and generosity, and thanks to you, our riders, for participating in last month’s Toys for Tots drive at Steel Plaza T Station.