AND OAKLAND. THEY WILL INCREASE RELIABILITY AND SPEED EFFICIENCY MAKE MAKE THE TRANSIT FROM OAKLAND TO DOWNTOWN FASTER, MORE RELIABLE. YOU WON’T HAVE BUSSES THAT ARE STACKED ONE BEHIND THE OTHER. THAT’S WHERE BRAND NEW ELECTRIC BRT BUSSES KICK IN. USING DEDICATED BUS LANES TO MOVE PASSENGERS BETWEEN OAKLAND AND DOWNTOWN. FIVE NEW BUS STATIONS WILL BE ADDED TO DOWNTOWN AS WELL. THIS IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE BUS CONGESTED DOWNTOWN AND CREATE MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE. THE OAKLAND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SAYS THE PROJECT IS CRITICAL TO FACILITATE 100,000 COMMUTERS DAILY. AND SO HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT DIRECT CONNECT TO DOWNTOWN, INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT TO THE CENTER, TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT, OR TO STUDY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN NEXT YEAR, AND THE OVERAL
Bus Rapid Transit project moving ahead in Pittsburgh
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Updated: 8:16 PM EDT Mar 24, 2023
Pittsburgh Regional Transit on Friday announced approval for the first phase of construction on the Bus Rapid Transit project linking Downtown, Uptown and Oakland.New electric BRT buses will use dedicated lanes to move passengers between Oakland and Downtown. Five new Downtown bus stations will also be added. The project is expected to reduce bus congestion Downtown and create more efficient service."They will increase rideability in speed, efficiency, make transit from Downtown to Oakland faster, more reliable," PRT spokesman Adam Brandolph said. "You won't have buses stacked one behind the other."Construction will begin this fall on Fifth, Liberty and Sixth avenues in downtown Pittsburgh, according to the announcement by PRT.The Oakland Business Improvement District says the project is critical to facilitate 100,000 commuters daily."Having the ability to have that direct connect to Downtown, increasing the efficiency so that they can make it to this center to their employment or to study, is extremely important," said Georgia Petropoulos, CEO of the Oakland Business Improvement District.Phase two is scheduled to begin next year. The overall cost of the project is $291 million.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Regional Transit on Friday announced approval for the first phase of construction on the Bus Rapid Transit project linking Downtown, Uptown and Oakland.
New electric BRT buses will use dedicated lanes to move passengers between Oakland and Downtown. Five new Downtown bus stations will also be added. The project is expected to reduce bus congestion Downtown and create more efficient service.
"They will increase rideability in speed, efficiency, make transit from Downtown to Oakland faster, more reliable," PRT spokesman Adam Brandolph said. "You won't have buses stacked one behind the other."
Construction will begin this fall on Fifth, Liberty and Sixth avenues in downtown Pittsburgh, according to the announcement by PRT.
The Oakland Business Improvement District says the project is critical to facilitate 100,000 commuters daily.
"Having the ability to have that direct connect to Downtown, increasing the efficiency so that they can make it to this center to their employment or to study, is extremely important," said Georgia Petropoulos, CEO of the Oakland Business Improvement District.
Phase two is scheduled to begin next year. The overall cost of the project is $291 million.
