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About Port Authority
Port Authority of Allegheny County provides public transportation services within Allegheny County, including the City of Pittsburgh, in southwest Pennsylvania.
Delivering more than 200,000 rides a day, Port Authority’s fleet includes more than 700 buses, which operate along 98 routes and nearly 20 miles of busway; and 80 light rail vehicles, which operate along a 26.2-mile light rail system; and two inclined planes, one of which is operated by an outside entity. Port Authority employs 2,600 people to operate, maintain and support the services it provides.
The Authority also sponsors the ACCESS paratransit program which provides door-to-door, advance reservation, shared ride service contracted out through a third party.
Created in 1959 when the Pennsylvania Legislature authorized the consolidation of 33 private transit carriers Port Authority began serving the Allegheny County as its first unified transit system in March 1964.
It is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors appointed by the Allegheny County Executive, leaders from both parties in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate, and the Governor of Pennsylvania, and is funded by fare and advertising revenue, along with money from county, state and federal sources.
Delivering more than 200,000 rides a day, Port Authority’s fleet includes more than 700 buses, which operate along 98 routes and nearly 20 miles of busway; and 80 light rail vehicles, which operate along a 26.2-mile light rail system; and two inclined planes, one of which is operated by an outside entity. Port Authority employs 2,600 people to operate, maintain and support the services it provides.
The Authority also sponsors the ACCESS paratransit program which provides door-to-door, advance reservation, shared ride service contracted out through a third party.
Created in 1959 when the Pennsylvania Legislature authorized the consolidation of 33 private transit carriers Port Authority began serving the Allegheny County as its first unified transit system in March 1964.
It is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors appointed by the Allegheny County Executive, leaders from both parties in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate, and the Governor of Pennsylvania, and is funded by fare and advertising revenue, along with money from county, state and federal sources.