Beginning Sunday, October 1, routes 61D, 71A, 71C, and 71D will end their inbound trips in Oakland and will no longer serve Uptown and Downtown. These routes will have “Short” added to their route names and head signs.
These changes are part of Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s University Line bus rapid transit project, and are designed to provide smoother service and less traffic congestion.
To support these changes, PRT will add service on routes 82, 87, and the P7, each of which share portions of their service areas with the shortened routes.
Construction on the first phase of the University Line will begin in downtown Pittsburgh this fall.