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PRT's Bus Line Refresh proposes changes to the bus network to better fit the needs and new travel patterns of riders across Allegheny County.
The climate action plan represents the set of actions PRT will take across the agency over the next two decades to meet our goal of zero emissions by 2045.
Investing in existing and building new transit corridors.
PRT aims to diversify its energy usage to reduce costs and increase efficiency
These guidelines are used by PRT to design and maintain its properties throughout Allegheny County.
Ensuring ADA accessibility and improving access to light rail stations.
Integrating art into PRT's system to inspire pride, curiosity, and connection.
Investing in existing and new busway and light rail stations.
Advancing equitable and sustainable development around transit.
PRT is working to improve the conditions and design of Belasco Station on the Red Line in Beechview.
PRT and local partners will be redesigning the station to improve accessibility by making the facility more comfortable, sustainable, attractive, and easier to use.
The bus stop is the first point of contact between the passenger and the bus service. The spacing, location, design, and operation of bus stops significantly influence transit system performance and customer satisfaction. However, since most bus stops are located on municipal or state right-of-way, not PRT-owned properties, we must work closely with our partners at municipalities and PennDOT to ensure bus stops meet our guidelines.
This project plans for modernization and enhancements of Carnegie Station along the West Busway
This project would redesign Dormont Junction Station to provide opportunities for future development, increase transit use, and improve station access.
Creating a better, more connected station on the MLK Jr. East Busway and transit-oriented development on PRT property.
Plans are in the works to improve Herron Station, located along the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway at the intersection of Polish Hill, Lower Lawrenceville, and the Strip District.
This project will make it easier and safer for people to get to bus stops, add amenities to bus stops that improve the overall experience, and improve transit speed and reliability between Homestead and McKeesport and primarily along State Route 837.
The Panhandle Bridge carries PRT's light rail vehicles across the Monongahela River. This $58 million rehabilitation project is expected to take approximately 32 months.
PRT is building dedicated infrastructure to improve transit service in Downtown Pittsburgh, Uptown, and Oakland with its first "PRTX" on-street bus rapid transit project.
PRT began its three-year rail grinding project in 2025. The third and final phase of the project is expected to begin in January 2027.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) is evaluating the light rail system and developing a strategy for its future.
This project involves redesigning the Station Square Station for both light-rail and bus service serving the site. This area is critical to PRT's transit system and links three light rail lines, the Monongahela Incline, and multiple on-street bus routes.
Making the station safer and more welcoming, increasing station access, and encouraging future transit-oriented development.
PRT is seeking to create a new Wilkinsburg Station closer to businesses and the heart of the community, easier to use and navigate, and provide an open space that can be filled with art and programming by the community. PRT has also proposed creating a new station in Homewood between North Braddock and Brushton Avenues that will be within walking distance to most of Homewood community.
This project will study opportunities to establish a new transit corridor that would connect Pittsburgh’s Strip District, Hill District, Oakland, and Hazelwood neighborhoods.
This project will develop a plan for extending the MLK Jr. East Busway from its current endpoint at Swissvale Station eastward through Rankin, Braddock, and East Pittsburgh.
PRT replaced nine escalators at three Downtown light rail stations in 2024.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit rehabilitated 18 high platform light rail stations between February 2022 and December 2024.
PRT made several upgrades to the nation's oldest continuously-operating funicular during this project, which was completed in 2024.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit replaced the emergency ventilation system of the Mt. Lebanon Transit Tunnel between January 2022 and September 2024.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit closed the Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel from February through December 2025 to replace more than 1,000 feet of light-rail track and conduct additional work.
The Negley Station Improvement Project transformed the East Busway station with improved access, new passenger amenities, enhanced safety features, and landscaping. It was completed in June 2023.
The NEXTransit Downtown Plan was completed in the summer of 2023 and recommended new routes for PRT bus services in Downtown Pittsburgh that are more efficient and improve amenities for riders and complement the PRTX University Line Bus Rapid Transit project.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit successfully completed the multi-year Downtown subway concrete plinth project in February 2025.
