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The Port Authority board has approved a 2009-10 operating budget that will require a Jan. 1 fare increase, with a Zone 1 fare increasing a maximum of 25 cents from the current $2 base fare [ read PG story ]. What's your reaction? If you're a transit rider, how will an increase affect you? To...
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Tom Waseleski The never-ending skirmish over the drink tax in Allegheny County is fraught with ironies. One is that the tavern owners, restaurant operators and Republican County Council member who sued to ensure that every dollar of the tax went to public transit weren't actually concerned about...
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Port Authority drivers, mechanics and first-line supervisors delivered good news to transit riders yesterday when they voted in favor of a four-year contract that starts chipping away at long-term pension and health-care costs. In a meeting with Post-Gazette editors today, County Executive Dan Onorato...
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Talk about uneducated bunch of nebby people. Any public transportation in this country including ours is publicly funded mostly by the feds,that is until baby bush cut the Federal Transportation bill to spend 10 BILLION a month in IRAQ. Thats ok that put more pressure on the states to fund. Most of you...
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I believe that the Port Authority Transit should be disbanded or disolved. Let whatever rises from the ashes happen. Unfortunately like the financial industry and now the automobile industry, it was allowed to get too big and suck the taxpayers money into a greedy and inefficient operation. Bailouts...
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Timothy McNulty | December 3, 2008 All of that saber-rattling over the Port Authority contract -- which was supposed to solve its gigantic legacy costs , among other things -- produced what seems like a pretty good contract (especially considering the times) for PAT workers. It includes an 11 percent...
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The tentative agreement between the Port Authority and bus-trolley operators union includes four wage increases within the 37 months of the proposed contract, in addition to incremental increases in the employee share of health-care premiums, a higher retirement age and lifetime health benefits for some...
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I'm dumbfounded by the whole situation. In an economy where people are thrilled just to have a job, the driver's union has the audacity to be upset that they might have to pay a bit more for health insurance and may not be able to retire when they want to. Welcome to reality, folks! How many...
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The contract dispute between the Port Authority and the union representing bus and trolley workers is headed for a showdown in December, when the Port Authority intends to impose its "last and best offer" contract on Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85. The union has scheduled a meeting for...