Transit advocate! Person of color. he/him 🥏: @pghCrucible 🪑:@gpusyouth Member: @pghdsa Neighborhood Groups Coordinator @AlleghenyGreens
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined July 2009
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People want trains! There is pent up demand for an alternative to cars and even some short haul flights. Imagine if we actually invested in making passenger rail meaningfully better.
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Upcoming Weekend Detours 🚍
Sat November 8: Road closures for the Veteran's Day Parade will detour several bus routes in the Downtown area from 7 a.m. until approximately 1:30 p.m.
Sun November 9: Nearly 50 routes will be impacted by the EQT Pittsburgh 10 Miler and 10k between approximately 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. The race goes through the West End, North Shore, Strip District, and downtown.
Read more: buff.ly/LXm6gFJ
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Nearly 50 PRT buses will be delayed in and around Pittsburgh this weekend ebx.sh/U4qYeJ
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One last Boscola chestnut: "I hope that now that we're in the majority and have the ability to raise money...we don’t turn around and say 'we don’t need campaign finance reform.'"
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I see a lot of the PA transportation funding posts simplified to "fully fund septa."
Pittsburgh is currently going through a "bus refresh" and they have listed what they could do w/ 20% more $.
Do not forget to include Pittsburgh when talking about public transportation.
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GOP LG candidate Jason Richey told me Pennsylvania should consider passing campaign finance limits on the final day of the race:
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Still hoping to go apple picking before the weather turns? Good luck. Southwestern PA fruit harvests are a fraction of the norm. “It’s harder to do agriculture because of climate change, that’s just a fact that we’re all living with.” publicsource.org/late-freeze…
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If you think there are fewer kids at Halloween…. In the city of Pittsburgh the population under 18 is down *76%* since 1960. That peak city population everyone quoted was in large part peak Baby Boom.
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🏘️ Great news for #Pittsburgh: City Council just voted to eliminate mandatory parking minimums for new buildings! @Pittsburgh
Other U.S. cities that have done this have seen positive results.
post-gazette.com/news/politi… @PittsburghPG
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Could a new tax on Pittsburgh's wealthiest residents help solve the city's budget crisis?
A proposed 2% tax on investment earnings, rental income and other sources of unearned income could bring in more than $50 million annually. Retirement income, including pensions, would be e
The fair share tax is a great way to tax the wealthy at a higher rate to get around the outdated uniformity clause in our state constitution that prevents our state from having a fair progressive income tax.
New tax on unearned income could generate more than $50M for cash-strapped Pittsburgh
triblive.com/local/new-tax-o…
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Prediction firm Kalshi kicked in a $50k check to a Democratic-aligned super PAC spending against Pennsylvania GOP legislative incumbents. The PAC raised almost $8 million total, mostly from traditional Dem donors in organized labor (plus a coterie of dark money groups.)
Yesterday was the worst day to forget my mask. The stands were SO smoky. Cool to go up 2-0 though.
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The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the lowest number of laws this session since 1973. Here's some of the bipartisan proposals that didn't make it to the governor's desk. W/ @Jaxon__White and @Kate_huang
spotlightpa.org/news/2026/10…
