PITTSBURGH TRANSPORTATION
AIR
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is a large airport with flights to most of America and Canada. An Airport People Mover transports you to the bagge claim and car rental reservation area. Car Rentals are provided by Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz, and National provide service. Remember that some of these agencies require 72 hours notice to schedule special arrangements. To reach downtown, exit PIT airport via signage that leads you to Highway 60 that name changes to Highway 22 going to downtown. Taxis are plentiful at the airport and many stations are located at downtown hotels, so you can easily hail a taxi. Shuttle to downtown will cost about $20 from the airport.
TRAINS
Amtrak stops at historic Union Station on 1100 Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. Upgraded to an intermodal transportation center, Union Station includes a Bus Rapid Transit station, taxi stand and Greyhound bus station across the street.
Pittsburgh Union Station
The two daily Amtrak train routes stopping in Pittsburgh are:
Capial Limited: Chicago-Toledo-Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Washington
TRANSIT
Port Authority Transit features daily Light Rail service that is a model of efficiency with two lines extending from downtown Pittsburgh to the south and southeast. There are also Bus Rapid trasnit lines that head east and west.
Blue Line: Downtown-Beltzhoover-Overbrook-Castle Shannon-Bethel Park-Library
Red Line: Downtown-Beechview-Mt. Lebanon-Castle Shannon-South Hills Village
Light Rail crossing Monongahala River into downtown Pittsburgh
MLK East Busway: Downtown-Strip-Shadyside-East Liberty-Homewood-Swissvale
West Busway: Downtown-West End-Sheraden-Ingram-Crafton-Idlewood-Carnegie
A Light Rail extension from downtown Pittsburgh to the North Side is under construction.
Pittsburgh Freeway & Tollway Network uses Interstate Freeways 70, 76 and 79 to form a triangle around the metro area, but will never win awards for freeway design or traffic efficiency. I-279 and I-376 freeways going to downtown are notorious for clogged commute traffic because they are limited to 4 and 6 lanes handling 8 lanes worth of traffic, without a transit alternative in the same coridor. I-376 is particularly bad downtown along the riverfront. When it rains hard, that section of I-376 has been known to flood.
22 Connects eastern Ohio to Pittsburgh
28 Connects eastern Pittsburgh to northeast Pennsylvania
30 Connects eastern Ohio to Pittsburgh
51 Boulevard connecting Pittsburgh to Clairton and points south
60 Airport access road connecting to Highways 22 & 30
70 Interstate between Baltimore-Pittsburgh-Columbus
76 Interstate Tollway between Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Philadelphia
79 Interstate between Erie-Pittsburgh-points south
279 Connects downtown Pittsburgh with I-79 Freeway
376 Connects downtown Pittsburgh with I-76 Freeway
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