Christopher Briem
Pittsburgh Transportation/Transit Bibliography
This is an ongoing work in process and a working bibliography of historical reports
pertaining to public transit in Pittsburgh and related resources. Feel free to email
me if you have any reports you think should be added.
1) Reports with a local focus by date:
Comments on A Report To the Council of the City of Pittsburgh on the Conditions and Requirements of Modern Mass Transportation in the Pittsburgh District Dated December 5, 1935.
Yes that says 1935.. but it’s still worth a read. You could change the date and the $ amounts and you would think you were reading about current debates.
Allegheny County Rapid Transit Study. 1967.
Author: Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglass.
Sometimes refered to as an early SKYBUS study. But if you want to see where a lot of the current transportation infrastructure got started. If you just read one thing, this should be it.
Pittsburgh Light Rail Transit Reconstruction Project - Draft Environmental Impact Report
US Department of Transportation
July 1978
Light Rail Transit in Pittsburgh, Pa.
by Theodore C. Hardy, (Dir. of Planning, Construction and Development Div., Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Transportation Engineering Journal, Vol. 104, No. 4, July/August 1978, pp. 499-507.
No link sorry. In the Benedum/Engineering library at Pittt
Transportation Access And The Location Of Advanced Technology Firms In Pennsylvania (RPN-83-22). Final Report. Volume I: Research Findings And Recommendations.
By James P. DeAngelis, A. G. R. Bullen, Norman P. Hummon, Steven Manners. University Center for Social and Urban Research. University of Pittsburgh. June 1986.
This is for those in town who think the problem with spatial mismatch is something new
Transit System Performance Review: Pittsburgh Prototype Study
August 1987
Author: Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. with COMSIS Corporation
Prepared for Office of Planning Urban Mass Transportation Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Review of Transportation Planning in Pittsburgh.
U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
March 1993
ICF Kaiser Engineers
for the U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Transportation Administration
November 1993.
Scanned here:
If you think a Spine Line should be a priority in the future, you almost have to start with where we have been.
SKYBUS Pittsburgh's Failed Industry Targeting Strategy of the 1960s
by Morton Coleman, David Houston and Edward K. Muller. 2000.
The definitive history of that which was known as Skybus in Allegheny County
North Shore Connector Project Draft Environmental Impact Report
Port Authority of Allegheny County
April 28, 2000
The Benefits of Prenatal Care: Evidence from the PAT Bus Strike
by William N. Evans. Department of Economics University of Maryland and Diana S. Lien, CNA Corporation.
March 2002
Evaluation of Port Authority of Allegheny County's West Busway Bus Rapid Transit Project
Federal Transit Administration
April 2003
2030 Transportation and Development Plan for Southwestern Pennsylvania
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Adopted July 31, 2003
(2003)Eastern Corridor Transit Study
STV Associates
December 17, 2003
A Regional Strategic Vision for Public Transportation Serving Southwestern Pennsylvania
Executive Summary: TransitVision_ExecutiveSummary (PDF, 2.73 MB)
Full Report: TransitVision_FullReport (PDF, 21.5 MB)
Pittsburgh West Busway Photo Report
Light Rail Now
August 2005
(2006) Eastern Corridor Transit Study
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC)
2006
Transit Agency Operational Audit. Port Authority of Allegheny County
Investing in our future. Addressing Pennsylvania’s Transportation Funding Crisis.
Final Report – Technical Appendix
By the Pennsylvania Transportation Funding and reform Commission.
Final Copy – January 2007
Mon Fayette Expressway Transit Plan Coordination Report
URS
June 2007
Onorato Transportation Action Team Recommendations
Allegheny Places (the Allegheny County comprehensive planning process)
2007
East Liberty Station - Realizing the Potential
Report of the City of Pittsburgh Department of Planning
Date: unknown
Transit Oriented Development Typology Strategy for Allegheny County
GoBurgh and Center for Transit Oriented Development
February 2013
Presentation at the PA Downtown Center Conference
Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh
June 2016
2) Reports with some Pittsburgh focus
Transportation Policy Project Resource Guide: Case Studies, Regions Respond to Change
Surface Transportation Policy Project
July 1993
Surface Infrastructure. Costs, Financing and Schedules for Large-Dollar Transportation Projects
U.S. General Accounting Office
February 1998
Modernizing Rail Transit For Today's City
American Public Transit Association
June 1979
Mass Transit: Bus Rapid Transit Shows Promise
U.S. General Accounting Office
September 2001
3) Other Web Resources
Bureau of Transportation Statistics:
American Public Transit Association
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Publications
4) Misc
Give the City Back to People: New Mobility Can Make Our Cities a Joy Again
by Jernstedt, George, W.; Phares, Tom K
A book that grew out of Phares’ work on Skybus I think. I have a copy, but I it has been permanently borrowed by someone. I would like to have it back.
Wesite for the Pittsburgh to Oakland Connector and Oakland Circulator
circa 2010, and yes people really were talking about implementing Personal Rapid Transit here, but few will admit that any longer.
which reminds me I guess I should throw in a link for what is Personal Rapid Transit (which evolved out of Pittsburgh's Skybus) and its sole major use at West Virginia University.
Metro Magazine (Public Transit)
http://www.metro-magazine.com/
Shawn Bennear's (now defunct) web page on Pittsburgh Transit History
