commuting

Busways to Bikeways

alternative transportation | awareness | bikes | buses | busway | commuting | debates | health | infrastructure

Busways to bikeways builds on the infrastructure of busways connecting core population centers to both local and national bike trails for the benefit of commuters and tourists

Shiny Red Bench

activities | arts | bench | community | commuting | events | hub | identity | image | information | mapping | marketing

The Shiny Red Bench is a series of identifiable branded interactive centers offering information delivered to the right place at the right time. Information covers things like arts, events, nightlife, history and more, in local neighborhoods.

Bussin' the Burgh

alternative transportation | buses | commuting | DIY | fuel | hub | image | life-work balance | mapping

Have buses use neighborhood hubs so buses don't have to go downtown for short trips. Have Jerome Bettis be our spokesman.

Pittsburgh Pretzel

advocacy | alternative transportation | commuting | connections | energy | fuel | image | life-work balance

A light rail system that highlights and connects the suburban and intra-city neighborhoods that mobilizes young people to engage with the city

Engage Pittsburgh is a program of The Sprout Fund, a project of the Tides Center (PA), and is supported by lead contributions from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Richard King Mellon Foundation.

Additional support for Engage Pittsburgh is provided in part by the Alcoa Foundation, Eden Hall Foundation, Grable Foundation, the Elsie Hillman Foundation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, and the Pittsburgh Foundation.

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