Project Benefits

Will serve rapidly-developing North Shore, including new Del Monte and Equitable Resources headquarters, PNC Park, Heinz Field, Marriott Springhill Suites, Carnegie Science Center, Community College of Allegheny County and other cultural, business and residential destinations

Enables future expansion of the T to Pittsburgh International Airport, the Parkway West/Airport Corridor, the North Hills and other areas within Allegheny County

Will support approximately $377 million in new economic development and $750 million in existing development as well support thousands of direct and secondary jobs through engineering, design, project management, construction and operation. The American Public Transportation Association estimates that every dollar invested in public transportation returns up to $6 in economic and other public benefits, and that every $10 million in capital investment sparks up to $30 million in business sales

Positions Port Authority to accommodate thousands of people who will live, work, shop and spend leisure time on the North Shore in coming years while providing a new option for thousands of others who already travel there – all without adding traffic congestion.

Directly links the North Shore, Downtown, Station Square and South Hills employment, business, residential, entertainment and retail centers

Improves access to the T for North Side residents as well as enhancing pedestrian underpasses between the North Shore and North Side communities

Reduces traffic in the Golden Triangle by making locating the North Side Station under the planned SEA parking garage, making it possible for those destined for Downtown Pittsburgh to use fringe parking on the North Shore and then light rail service to easily circulate to their destination

Enjoys the support of FTA, PENNDOT, Allegheny County, the City of Pittsburgh and stakeholders on the North Side, including the Northside Leadership Conference, as well as the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and the Manchester Citizens Corporation, among others

One of five transit improvement projects included in the President’s Fiscal Year 2005 Appropriations Bill