Pittsburg, PA
Graduating Pitt students, Pittsburgh residents prepare for extended power outage
Neighbors on Phillips Street could be without power until May 6th according to Duquesne Light’s website. They believe it’s because of a massive tree hanging in power lines.
Dan Simons said he got power back a few hours after the storm but is still feeling the impact while helping his neighbors, “We’ve been holding onto all of their food in both our fridge and freezer for the past three days now,” said Simons. “You can barely even open the freezer so it has impacted us and impacted the community for sure.”
Jessica Price lives on Phillips Street as well, but she is one of the unfortunate neighbors without power.
“I had to throw out all of my groceries today and it was at least 100 to 200 dollars worth of food easily,” said Price.
Her friends flew in from Connecticut because this is also her graduation weekend from Pitt.
“We’ve had to pivot a lot this weekend, change plans, figure out how we are going to get ready for graduation, how I’m going to feed everybody, how we are going to stay charged and communicate with out family..It’s been kind of a mess,” said Price.
And it’s not just students in Squirrel Hill. Many Pitt students said the week without power made an already difficult finals week even harder.
“I have an exam, oh gosh, 48 hours from now and getting in touch with the professor about some last-minute questions was obviously tricky, and then accessing material online…,” said Tilman Cooper, a third-year Pitt Law Student.
“It was just really nerve-racking, like all of our parents were coming in and none of us had warm water or anything,” said Ariella Stein, a Senior Psychology Major at Pitt.
“It was kind of tough studying for finals week while the power was out at the same time. At first, we thought it was going to come on the night it went out, but it just kept staying out and we were all really unprepared,” said Sam Melchior, a Senior Engineering Student at Pitt.
Pitt said all graduation ceremonies are still on schedule, as most of Oakland now has power.
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Some big changes are coming to Oakland for Pittsburgh Regional Transit riders, all of which include closures, construction, and the future of safety.
Riders who typically catch the bus on Fifth Avenue in Oakland should start preparing because starting Sunday, Pittsburgh Regional Transit says the bus lane on Fifth Avenue will be permanently retired.
It’s a part of their University Line project, designed to create a more reliable connection between Downtown, Uptown, and Oakland.
But without the Fifth Avenue bus lane, traffic is shifting.
“All of our bus operational movements are going to be moving over here to Forbes Avenue,” said Amy Silbermann, chief development officer with Pittsburgh Regional Transit.
For riders, this means big changes.
Seventeen outbound bus stops along Fifth Avenue will be eliminated, 9 bus routes will be rerouted, and all outbound buses will travel on Forbes with general traffic.
“Forbes Avenue is going to be more congested. We will have more buses than today,” Silbermann noted.
While the closure is permanent, the construction and renovation will be temporary, and part of a much bigger plan.
“Ultimately, that lane is going to turn into a two-way protected bicycle facility. All buses will remain on Forbes Avenue outbound for as long as we know,” Silbermann said.
This change will now leave Forbes as the main bus corridor.
“Ultimately, one lane on Forbes Avenue is going to become a bus-only lane. However, that’s not happening until later next year.”
In the meantime, PRT says it’s working with the city and Port Authority police to keep traffic moving. The entire project is expected to be completed by 2027.
“This is not about making buses rapid. This is about making buses move more reliably and continuously throughout the corridor,” Silbermann said. “Today, they get very bunched up because of the conditions. Once they get bunched up, they end up with big gaps in service, where you may wait a really long time and then get on a really overcrowded bus.”
PRT says they will have staff at select bus stops to help navigate through this transition.
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