City employees working downtown will have access to free transit from Pittsburgh Regional Transit.
Hundreds of Pittsburgh city employees who work downtown will receive free transit passes thanks to a partnership with Pittsburgh Regional Transit.
According to an article by Julia Maruca for WESA, "The city of Pittsburgh is the latest and largest organization to sign on to the partnership – and officials hope more organizations join in soon. Entities like schools and housing developments would also be eligible to purchase the bulk passes on behalf of their employees or the people they serve."
As Maruca explains, "The PRTner Pass program offers deep discount prices on bus passes for employers who buy them in bulk for their workers." PRT says organizations only need 10 eligible riders to sign up for discounted passes at a discount of over 70%.
Read the full story: Downtown City of Pittsburgh staff to get free ride passes through transit partnership
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