The Pitt parking office is adding new Oakland campus locations to charge electric vehicles this fall but there are no other parking changes of note — no parking rate increases and no new lots added to the ParkMobile app for daily parking reservations, for instance.
Julie LaBar, spokesperson for the Office of Business and Operations, said the Pitt Mobility office will add three new charging stations: Schenley Garage, Panther Hollow and a third location to be determined. The number of charging connectors at each new station also is still to be decided.
This will add to the 80 current Level II chargers on campus — Posvar, 16; The Assembly, 30; Residence on Bigelow, 4; Soldiers and Sailors, 26 and the Meade Street lot, 4. Level II chargers can charge most vehicles within four to five hours. Some EV parking permits may be available for the Posvar and Soldiers and Sailors garages for $115 per month. Find information here.
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POGOH bikes: Students, faculty and staff at the Oakland campus are able to use POGOH, Pittsburgh’s bike-sharing system, for free during the academic year. Pitt community members should have received an email with the code that give access to unlimited 30-minute rides on POGOH’s pedal bikes. You also can choose to use an e-assist bike at no additional cost.
E-scooters: One mode of transportation disappeared from Pittsburgh streets this summer — electronic scooters. The two-year pilot program that the state legislature authorized for Pittsburgh in 2021, expired in July and lawmakers took no action to renew or expand the program. The city said in a news release that it would “continue to work with state legislators to reauthorize this critical mode of transportation.” The fleet of Spin e-scooters has been removed from city streets for now.
BRT: Work on the first phase of the Bus Rapid Transit system between Oakland and downtown Pittsburgh — which has been named the University Line — will get started downtown sometime in the next month, Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced on Aug. 11. To facilitate construction of the Downtown Loop, bus routes 61D-Murray, 71A-Negley, 71C-Point Breeze, and 71D-Hamilton will end their inbound trips in Oakland and will no longer serve uptown and downtown Pittsburgh, starting Oct. 1. These routes will have the word “Short” added to their route names and head signs. Riders heading to uptown or downtown Pittsburgh can transfer to the 61A, 61B, 61C or 71B.
— University Times
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