Pittsburgh Regional Transit reduces service on over 20 routes, ‘T’ lines

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Regional Transit reduced service on over 20 bus routes and the ‘T’ Sunday.

According to a release PRT issued in January announcing the service adjustments, the reductions are meant to improve service reliability and on-time performance by ensuring the number of drivers needed doesn’t exceed the number of drivers available.

PRT said the reduction represents about 1.5% of services.

In total, 16 bus routes will see reductions. Most of the routes will be minor trip time adjustments and some frequency changes.

The following routes will be seeing changes:

• 26-Chartiers
• 27-Fairywood
• 29-Robinson
• 31-Bridgeville
• 67-Monroeville
• 69-Trafford
• G3-Moon Flyer
• G31-Bridgeville Flyer
• Weekday morning trips added
• 71B-Highland Park
• Extended to Penn Station to provide a better connection to East Busway
• 2-Mount Royal
• 6-Spring Hill
• 12-McKnight
• 15-Charles

In addition, a few midday Blue Line trips were moved to the evening to better align with rider demand. After about 5:20 p.m. on weekdays, the Silver Line now operates only between Washington Junction and Library Station. Riders traveling farther north can connect to the Blue Line at Washington Junction.

“Like most other transit agencies across the country, PRT has been short staffed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Several changes PRT made to its hiring process over the last 18 months - including offering hiring bonuses and reducing the amount of time from application to employment - appear to be working; projections show hiring will outpace attrition in 2024,” PRT said in a release when announcing the schedule adjustment.

A complete list of changes is available on the PRT service adjustments web page.

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