Please note that the hearing will run from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM & 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

What to know:

• For the public hearings, registrants are asked to only sign up for one time slot at one meeting to allow time for others’ comments to be heard. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged and recommended.
• Walk-in speakers will be accepted as speaking times become available in the main testimony room or the auxiliary overflow testimony room.
• Individuals cannot donate or delegate their time to another individual interested in speaking, but they can read comments into the record on behalf of other individuals who may not be able to fully participate in the public hearings in person.
• Oral testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker.
• All hearings will be recorded and transcribed by a court reporter and made part of PRT’s official records.
• Registration for each public hearing will close at 5 PM EST on the last business day before the scheduled hearing.
• Comments or questions submitted via the livestream will not be considered part of the official record.
• If any of the hearings complete all receipt of public comment prior to the scheduled hearing end time, the hearing may be terminated early in PRT’s sole discretion.
• In the case of inclement weather or other emergency situations that require cancellation of an in-person public hearing, PRT will contact in-person registrants to move them to an online, phone, or other alternative method of providing public comment, as applicable.

ACCOMMODATIONS

PRT will provide an American Sign Language interpreter at all hearings. If any other ADA accommodations or language translation of a speaker’s comments if not being made in English are required, please contact PRT’s Director of Systemwide Accessibility, Deborah Phillips, at (412) 566-5323 or via e-mail at ada@rideprt.org at least seven (7) business days before the hearing date to submit your ADA accommodation or language translation request. If an ADA accommodation request for a hearing cannot be fulfilled for some reason, PRT will work with the individual(s) seeking the accommodation to provide their public comment via an alternative method. It is anticipated that language translation of a speaker’s recorded comments if not made in English would be made post-hearing and then made part of the public comment record. However, if that cannot be completed, PRT will work with the individual(s) seeking language translation to provide their public comment via an alternative method.