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This project addresses the following values from PRT’s long-range transportation plan, NEXTransit, adopted in 2021.

• Accessible: infrastructure is fully available in every way to those with specific needs, such as physical or mental disabilities, those traveling with infants or small children, and those traveling with groceries or other goods.
• Affordable: this project makes it easier for those of all means, including the underemployed and unemployed populations, to utilize transit without needing to sacrifice other life sustaining activity, such as buying food, medicine or heating, to do so.
• Equitable: the project not only ensures the fair provision of services to those with limited means or higher risk, but affirmatively acts to better the services offered to these groups in an effort to combat historical and environmental imbalances in the community.
• Sustainable: the project enhances the health of communities and the natural environment through its design and operations with regard to energy use, water use, raw material use, land use, and waste production.

The feasibility study is funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Areas of Persistent Poverty Program with additional funds from PRT’s Capital Budget.

A full list of partners will be identified closer to the project start date but will include the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission.