What is PRT's healthcare impact?
Pittsburgh Regional Transit provides essential access to healthcare for patients and employees.
As of 2022, nearly one in five Allegheny County workers are employed in the healthcare industry[1]. PRT serves 22 full-service hospitals and dozens of other clinics, treatment centers, and care facilities across Allegheny County. In addition to the estimated 8,000 healthcare and social assistance workers[2] who use public transit to get to work, many more Allegheny County residents rely on transit to access medical appointments and other essential healthcare.
The proposed service cuts would eliminate service to one full-service hospital (St. Clair Hospital) and reduce weekday service frequency at 20 other hospitals. Furthermore, PRT’s proposed 11:00 p.m. curfew on all routes would affect late evening and overnight shift workers who rely on transit to get to work.
The future of healthcare in our region is linked to the future of transit.
[1] Census LEHD origin-destination employment statistics, 2022.
[2] Census ACS 5-Year estimates (2019-2023) and LEHD origin-destination employment statistics, 2022.
Key facts:
- PRT routes serve 22 full-service hospitals in Allegheny County, totaling more than 5,500 bus boardings each weekday as of 2024.
- An estimated 8,000 healthcare and social assistance-industry workers rely on public transit to get to work.
- More than 85,000 healthcare and social assistance jobs in Allegheny County are within PRT’s service area, representing 78% of healthcare employment in the county.
- The proposed cuts would eliminate service to an estimated 8,200 healthcare jobs and reduce weekday frequency to an additional 74,800 healthcare jobs.
Explore the data:
See impacts on specific hospitals below by estimated weekday ridership on PRT bus routes.
