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Controlling the flow: PWSA, Alcosan show off initial steps to reduce sewage overflows
When engineers began looking at a sewer overflow near Hazelwood about 18 months ago, they didn’t know how old it was until they found 1892 stamped... → Read More
Riverlife gets $2 million Allegheny County grant to begin buying property for new parks around West End Bridge
The Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County grant will allow Riverlife to begin the process of creating a scenic overlook on the West End Bridge and build new parks on the North Side ad West End. → Read More
Enhancing history: Allegheny County using $9.2 million to build trails, spur development at Carrie Furnace
The Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County will use federal stimulus money to join Carrie Furnace in Rankin to the Great Allegheny Passage trail in Homestead by upgrading an old hot metal bridge. → Read More
Allegheny County to test reduced transit fares to low-income riders in one-year pilot program
Residents who receive food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could receive a variety of transit passes through the county Department of Human Services. → Read More
PennDOT following ‘roundabout’ way to improve road safety
A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation study has found a huge reduction in serious injuries where roundabouts have replaced intersections with traffic signals. → Read More
Even without tolling plan, PennDOT still plans to replace I-78 bridge in Berks County
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Thursday it has resumed planning and environmental work for the replacement of six bridges that had been part of the ill-fated tolling program. → Read More
PennDOT continues plans to replace 6 bridges formerly on the tolling program, but not I-79 Bridgeville
PennDOT said it will keep working with an Australian-led development group to replace six bridges across the state and pay for them from its annual budget. → Read More
Pittsburgh Regional Transit zero-emission fleet to cost $572.2 million by 2045 goal
Converting Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s bus fleet from diesel to vehicles powered by electricity or hydrogen will be more expensive. → Read More
Pennsylvania receives first $25.4 million in federal funds to install electric vehicle charging stations
The state will begin next year to install 27 stations on interstate highways to make sure one is available every 50 miles. → Read More
Pittsburgh Regional Transit looks to relocate, repurpose Wilkinsburg stop on East Busway
Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s plan to adjust the location of the Wilkinsburg station on the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway also will change the... → Read More
Transit app adds Pittsburgh bike-rental program POGOH to its system
The popular Transit app is adding Pittsburgh’s bike-sharing program, POGOH, to its system so users can rent bikes using the same app they use for... → Read More
Pittsburgh Regional Transit holds meetings Tuesday for new East Busway stations in Wilkinsburg, Brushton
Pittsburgh Regional Transit will take its first public steps toward adding or relocating stations along the popular Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway... → Read More
Pennsylvania will issue driver's licenses and ID cards with more security features when customers renew
About 10.3 million cards with enhanced security will be issued at normal renewal time over the next four years, but they will look the same to customers. → Read More
Pa. Turnpike jumping into solar power as it explores possibility of charging electric vehicles as they travel
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is jumping into solar energy productions with a long-term goal to electrify portions of the toll road so electric vehicles can charge as they travel. → Read More
Pa. Turnpike jumping into solar power as it explores electrified road services for electric vehicles
The Pennsylvania Turnpike hopes to use power generated from solar fields to not only power maintenance facilities but to electrify road surfaces to charge electric vehicles as they drive. → Read More
Smithfield Street Bridge faces two years of traffic restrictions during upgrade
The bridge between Station Square on the South Side and Smithfield Street, Downtown, will have one lane in each direction while its deck and sidewalks are replaced. → Read More
Pittsburgh Regional Transit aiming for zero-emissions bus fleet by 2045
CEO Katharine Eagan Kelleman said Wednesday that the agency is beginning to shift away from diesel buses to electric vehicles. → Read More
Federal stimulus package 'a great start' but $7.3 billion short of fixing all poor bridges, study finds
A study by InMyArea Research says the $$26.2 billion for bridges in the federal stimulus package is about $7.3 billion short of what’s needed to fix all poor bridges. → Read More
Sidewalk replacement project to reduce McKees Rocks Bridge to one lane in each direction
Brayman Construction will also will make improvements on a series of ramps to and from the bridge during the $15 million project. → Read More
'Beautiful and Deadly': Rural roads have disproportionate share of traffic deaths
A study by the Governors Association for Highway Safety found that nearly half of traffic deaths in a five-year period occurred on rural roads, where only 19% or residents live. → Read More