transit issues

[mjcatl2]

until Harrisburg steps up, this will only get worse:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07139/787349-85.stm

[TheGerbil]

Rather than start a new thread, I'll post this here. The county controller is surveying transit riders to get their opinions. I just took the survey online, and I wanted to let you guys know in case you want to do it.

You can get info about it here: http://post-gazette.com/pg/07162/793221-147.stm

I hope the county will step in and do what it can (not sure how much authority it really has here) to get this situation under control.

[TheGerbil]

I'm going to ressurect this thread to post some recent news about transit funding. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07331/837048-85.stm

Onorato is freezing county funding to the Port Authority until they further cut their labor costs. I'm glad to see him playing it tough on this issue.

The Port Authority's current three-year contract with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 will expire in June, and Mr. Onorato hopes Local 85 will accept labor concessions similar to those implemented for management and nonunion employees in March.