PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Starting on Sunday, Pittsburgh Regional Transit will change routes and trip times for bus and trolley lines.
About 54 bus and T routes will be impacted, including some being eliminated.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit adjusts schedules three times a year, but this most recent adjustment will involve service reductions for 23 bus routes and the Red Line. PRT said it is for efficiency, reliability and to make sure there are enough drivers for the promised routes.
“The fact that we’re facing transit service cuts quarter after quarter is really devastating. It’s causing so much harm to people’s ability to access their basic needs,” said Laura Chu Wiens, executive director of Pittsburghers for Public Transit.
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit said in a release that it has been short-staffed since COVID-19 and is offering hiring bonuses to entice workers, adding that current projections show hiring will outpace attrition this year.