Overview: A recent Policy Brief (Vol. 22, No. 14) analyzed the Port Authority’s light-rail system with emphasis on the North Shore Connector. This Brief compares
The Governor has signed legislation that will dramatically alter the board of directors of the Port Authority (PAT). What was a nine member body with members serving staggered five year terms and appointed solely by the Allegheny County Chief Executive will become an eleven member body with members eventually serving staggered four year terms with appointment power shared by six individuals.
The Port Authority is all atwitter about the fact that lower materials costs have pushed the final price of the Connector project down by
By a 16 to 10 vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 10th, Senate Bill 700 took another step toward becoming law. Of course, the full Senate has to consider it and, likewise, the House must approve and it is not clear what the reception will be in that body.
In a remarkably inept attempt to invalidate the State Senate Pro Tempore’s assertion that the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT) has been a long-time burden on taxpayers, an editorial writer says the Senator’s claim is a flawed premise and misses the significant role mass transit plays in a region like Pittsburgh.
After nearly a decade of planning and assembling funding (including $10 million in Federal, state, and local monies) it appears the transit oriented development at
The Port Authority’s FY2010 budget projection shows the agency spending $362 million, up from $328 million just two years ago. Not surprisingly, the area
Innocent until proven guilty, yes; but drawing a paycheck until waiting for a disciplinary hearing? Only in the world of the Port Authority, where the
Call it a strange case of foreshadowing. When the Regional Asset District (RAD) became law under Act 77 of 1993, only a few people other
As the long running saga of the Port Authority’s (PAT) tortured finances winds toward the metaphorical cliff on September 2nd, perhaps it is time to
