Port Authority began transit operations March 1, 1964

Service Area

730 square-miles, including all of Allegheny County and limited portions of Armstrong, Beaver, Washington and Westmoreland Counties.

Headquarters

Port Authority of Allegheny County
345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527

Port Authority Operating Facilities/Dates Opened

• Ross Division – March 31, 1968
• Collier Division – June 30, 1969
• West Mifflin Division – November 23, 1969
• Harmar Division – November 13, 1970
• East Liberty Division – July 9, 1972
• South Hills Village Rail Center – April 15, 1984

Transportation Provided

• Bus/Bus Rapid Transit
• Light Rail Transit
• Monongahela Incline (Operated by Port Authority)
• Duquesne Incline (Operated by the Society for the Preservation of Duquesne Heights Incline)
• ACCESS Paratransit System (Operated by for-profit and non-profit carriers under management by ACCESS Transportation Systems, Inc)

Revenue Vehicles

• Buses – 861
• Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) – 83
• Monongahela Incline Cars – 2
• Duquesne Incline Cars – 2
• Small Transit Vehicles – 75
• ACCESS Vehicles – 457*

Vehicle Miles Operated

• Bus – 27,178,942
• Light Rail – 1,891,163
• Monongahela Incline – 15,123
• Duquesne Incline – 18,231
• ACCESS – 11,088,260

Average Speeds (in miles per hour)

• Bus – 12.9
• Light Rail – 12.6
• Monongahela Incline – 2.3
• Duquesne Incline – 3.7
• ACCESS – 15.5

Average Daily Passengers (including ACCESS)

• Average Weekday Passengers – 219,667
• Average Saturday Passengers – 95,331
• Average Sunday/Holiday Passengers – 54,245

General Information

• Transit Stops – 15,879
• Transit Shelters & Stations – 256
• Park and Ride Lots – 13,713 spaces/62 lots  

Fixed Guideway Facilities

Light Rail Transit:

• Stage I reconstruction completed 1987 (10.5 miles)
• Construction cost: $542 million (includes acquisition of 55 LRVs)
• 2.5-mile Allentown Line reconstruction completed 1993
• Construction cost: $9 million
• Stage II reconstruction completed June 2004
• Construction cost: $386 million (includes acquisition of 28 LRVs)
• 25-mile system
• Five routes currently operating (42S, 44L, 47L, 47S and 52)
• Drake Line closed 1999 (reconstruction dependent upon funding availability)
• Average weekday ridership: 24,000
• Weekday trips: 394
• 24 high-platform stations
• 49 low-level stops
• Three subway stations
• 10 Park and Rides:
  • Potomac, 22 spaces
  • Dormont Junction, 132 spaces
  • Mt. Lebanon, 24 spaces
  • Castle Shannon, 500 spaces
  • Washington Junction, 230 spaces
  • South Hills Village, 2,200 spaces
  • West Library, 115 spaces
  • St. Anne, 130 spaces
  • Library, 430 spaces
  • Bethel Park, 286 spaces

Martin Luther King, Jr. East Busway:

• 6.8 miles opened February 1983 
• Construction cost: $115 million
• 2.3 mile extension opened June 2003
• Construction cost: $68 million
• Total length: 9.1 miles
• 32 bus routes
• Average weekday ridership: approximately 24,000
• Weekday trips: 822
• Nine stations
• Park and Ride lots directly adjacent to the busway:
  • Wilkinsburg, 714 spaces
  • Hamnett, 119 spaces
  • Swissvale, 144 spaces
• Remote Park and Ride lots with routes serving the busway:
  • Duquesne, 311 spaces
  • North Versailles, 200 spaces

South Busway:

• Opened 1977
• Construction cost: $27 million
• Length: 4.3 miles
• 15 bus routes
• Average weekday ridership: approximately 9,520
• Weekday trips: 356
• 11 stops

West Busway

• Opened September 2000
• Construction cost: $258 million
• Length: five miles
• 10 bus routes
• Average weekday ridership: more than 9,500 (West Busway ridership has already nearly reached the 2005 projected level of 10,000 a day)
• Weekday trips: 352
• Six stations
• Park and Ride lots directly adjacent to busway:
  • Sheraden, 167 spaces
  • Bell Avenue, 26 spaces
  • Crafton, 106 spaces
  • Carnegie, 215 spaces
  • Idlewood, 33 spaces
• Remote Park and Ride lots with routes serving the busway:
  • Neville Island, 239 spaces
  • Moon, 600 spaces
  • Ambridge, 153 spaces
  • Woodville, 136 spaces
  • Knights of Columbus, 50 spaces

Monongahela Incline:

• Year Constructed: 1870
• Length: 630 feet

Duquesne Incline:

• Year Constructed: 1877
• Length: 800 feet

Contraflow Bus Lanes:

Total Length of Contraflow Bus Lanes: 3.7 miles

• Wood Street – 23 bus routes
• Smithfield Street – 34 bus routes
• Fifth Avenue – 5 bus routes

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes:

• Opened 1989
• PennDOT-owned and controlled
• Length: 5.3 miles
• Eight bus routes
• Average weekday bus ridership: 3,000
• Average weekday automobile traffic: 4,000
• Weekday bus trips: 103
• One bus stop (at Park and Ride lot)
• Park and Ride lot (PennDOT-owned): Perrysville, 480 spaces

Wabash HOV Facility:

• Opened December 2004
• Port Authority-owned
• Operated by Bruce & Merrilees Electric
• Project length: 5,500 feet (1.1 mile)
• Wabash tunnel length: 3,650 feet
• Speed limit: 25 MPH; 15 MPH along ramp curves
• 160-space parking lot, six ADA-accessible spaces
• Access to T, Mon Incline and bus routes
• Large trucks restricted
• HOV-2 operations during peak periods (a.m. inbound/ p.m. outbound)
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