November 12th, 2021
The transit agency is now averaging over 110,000 weekdays rides for the first time since March 2020 just as the pandemic shutdowns began. For buses in particular, ridership saw a 25% increase from August to September...
November 12th, 2021
With the signing of Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill just days away, WESA recently spoke with Pittsburgh-area leaders who are already crafting their pitch in an effort to maximize the region's share of the money. ...
November 12th, 2021
Equity has emerged as one of the most pressing concerns for transport policymakers as cities across the globe begin to build back after the pandemic. With a 2015 Harvard study pinpointing access to reliable transportation as the...
November 12th, 2021
According to the World Economic Forum, the number of delivery vehicles in the top 100 cities worldwide will increase by 36% by 2030, and with that will come more air pollution and congestion to urban centers. Here in Pittsburgh, we're...
November 12th, 2021
According to a new study from engineering and public policy researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, when compared to similar trips made in private vehicles, trips in ride-share vehicles are actually more damaging to the climate and...
November 12th, 2021
First up, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and Stanford University have developed a new quadruped robot that can efficiently navigate sidewalks in urban environments. "While we made a lot of progress in sim-to-real...
November 12th, 2021
Georgia's Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has been awarded a one-million dollar grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to pilot an On-Demand Multimodal Transit System Solution (ODMTS) in partnership...
November 12th, 2021
In October, consulting giant PriceWaterhouseCoopers announced that it will allow 40,000 of its 55,000 workers to continue working remotely from anywhere in the continental United States, sending shockwaves through the business...
September 21st, 2021
The City of Pittsburgh's annual Great Race will take place on Sunday, September 26 with a 5K Run & Fitness Walk beginning at 8:00 a.m. at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Atwood Street in Oakland, and the 10K Run beginning at 9:30 a.m....
September 15th, 2021
On Tuesday, September 14, Pittsburgh City Council introduced legislation that would officially regulate the speed and age of electric scooter users. It would set a top speed of 15mph for scooter operators and allow them only in areas where...
August 31st, 2021
Electric bicycles will be permitted inside Port Authority's light rail vehicles and on the Monongahela Incline beginning tomorrow, September 1. The new electric scooters now being seen throughout the city, however, are not permitted inside...
June 15th, 2021
Pedestrian Safety Action Plan implementation kicks off on Wednesday, June 16 with DOMI virtual event
The Department of Mobility and Infrastructure hosts the City's first Pedestrian Safety Action Plan virtual event tomorrow 6/16 from 12pm-1pm to introduce plan goals/vision and kick-off implementation. Register at https://bit.ly/3cH7OTs and...
May 6th, 2021
Daylight ramp closures related to the I-579 "Cap" Urban Connector project will resume Monday, May 10 with the closure of the Bedford Ave & Seventh Ave ramps to southbound I-579 weekdays through mid-June.
The weekday closures from 6:00...
February 3rd, 2021
PennDOT has added new "Personal Delivery Devices" to definition of "pedestrian" in the vehicle code along with a comprehensive PDD Operations Policy detailing responsibilities, powers, requirements, and recommendations for how the new...
January 28th, 2021
It's no secret that Greater Pittsburgh region has routinely ranked high atop the list of the most polluted areas in the U.S. according to the American Lung Association (ALA) – including April 2020 where we were rated as the eighth-most...
January 20th, 2021
Traffic, parking, and sidewalk restrictions continue on Route 837 (East Carson Street) between Arlington Avenue & 22nd Street through late August.
Single-lane restrictions will continue on East Carson Street between Arlington Ave...
