Ann – Resident

by | Mar 14, 2025 | Preserve The Strip, PTS_Featured

“The excuse that Bike Pittsburgh/DOMI wants to make Penn Ave one lane for safety is a false position. If the city council and Mayor’s office care about safety put a traffic light on 21st and Smallman, a very dangerous intersection. I live there and I see...

Gwen – Resident & Visitor

by | Mar 13, 2025 | Preserve The Strip, PTS_Featured

“The city has its development one block over at the Terminal Building. Why not let Penn Ave be something different. Bike lanes can be down Smallman as well. The proposed “improvements” will choke the life out of something that it so brilliantly...

Cory – Business Owner

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Preserve The Strip, PTS_Featured

“It is proven that the best way to make changes to complex systems to avoid unintended negative consequences is an incremental approach. The default position should be to start with least invasive/smallest scale change possible and measure the results. In this...

Raymond – Business Owner

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Preserve The Strip, PTS_Featured

“Don't fix what isn't broken. And never forget where you come from. We own the first historically restored building in The Strip, the No. 7 Engine Company, home of Bar Marco, a first class restaurant and good neighbor. What you're planning to do...

Sarah – Resident

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Preserve The Strip, PTS_Featured

“As a passionate biker myself, I do not agree with the plans to make a portion of Penn Ave into a single lane. I personally bike on Smallman where there is far less traffic and much safer as well as on the riverfront trail. I drive that portion of Penn Avenue on a...

Walter – Visitor

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Preserve The Strip, PTS_Featured

“For a century this Pittsburgh landmark has served and drawn commerce and visitors to our city, with memories, provenance, and earning acclaim as a hub of interest nationally and internationally. Cutting into the heart of the city is as sensible as a cardiac...