What could be possible with additional funding?

Bus Line Refresh makes the most cost-effective use of PRT’s current funding, but the agency will be unable to keep up with transit demand without additional funding. With additional funding, PRT could better respond to requests from businesses, riders, and other stakeholders for additional transit. With a 20% increase in service hours, PRT would:

• Expand the number of buses running at 20-minute or better frequencies;

• Improve service frequencies overall – with more routes running every 30-40 minutes all day rather than hourly and with more routes running later at night every day of the week;

• Create new direct connections to the airport from South Hills and North Hills; and

• Establish new community circulator bus routes to serve the North Hills, Reserve Township, McKees Rocks, Oakland, and Pleasant Hills.

PRT will continue to work with all levels of government, employers, and others to identify opportunities to fund and provide these services. More details are expected to be added to this page on a separate timeline from the Board review of the Bus Line Refresh network plan.