Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) recently released the first draft of its Bus Line Redesign.
The plan would restructure bus service to reflect where people live and work in Allegheny County and to make service more equitable and inclusive in the future.
“The draft network reflects a collaborative, data-driven approach aimed at answering key questions – where our bus routes should go, when should they operate, and how frequently should they run,” PRT CEO Katharine Kelleman said. “We’re eager to receive public feedback and make these improvements as soon as possible.”
Restricting uses the same budget and resources as the current network. It would reallocate service from places where demand has waned. It would increases bus frequencies throughout the week and on weekends, improve connections between communities with new crosstown routes and transit hubs, and create additional one-seat rides to Oakland.
The draft identifies four microtransit zones, areas where smaller transit vehicles operated by union operators would better serve communities.
PRT will host several in-person and online meetings and events, begin Oct. 16 through early 2025, to collect feedback on the plan. Changes will be implemented in phases beginning in 2026.
The agency last redesigned the bus network more than a decade ago.