Transportation Survey a Step to Regain Public Transit in B-W Area

A Whitehall Borough councilwoman wants to make public transportation better for residents living within the borough—and for those living outside its borders.

Councilwoman Linda Book created a transportation survey to gauge how residents in Whitehall and surrounding communities use public transportation, and how they’ve been affected by recent cuts and changes to bus routes.

The survey is attached to this article as a PDF document.

“I hope to collect data that can be helpful to potential transportation companies interested in providing services … if the Port Authority does not see fit to reinstate needed Whitehall bus routes once I provide data to them,” Book said in an email to Baldwin-Whitehall Patch.

Book said she realizes that transit cuts were due to lack of funding, but that when the 51C bus service was cut from Whitehall, she became concerned. The 51C used to run from Brownsville Road down Baptist Road to Caste Village, making it possible for people to get to work, grocery stores and doctor appointments.

All area residents—including those who live in Baldwin Borough, Baldwin Township, and other surrounding communities—are welcome to take the survey attached to this article.

“Even if they don’t live in Whitehall, want this to go out to everyone who would be using a bus route through Whitehall,” Book said. “They can get the benefit of whatever might come of this. We want their feedback, also.”

All 6,600 Whitehall Borough households also will receive a paper copy of the survey in the Whitehall Borough Spring 2013 Bulletin, which will be mailed at the end of April.

The transportation survey is attached to this article as a PDF document.

To return the survey, follow one of these four steps:

• EMAIL: You may email your responses to Linda Book at lbook5200@yahoo.com. Please type SURVEY in subject line.

• U.S. MAIL: Whitehall Borough, ATTN: Survey--Councilwoman Linda J. Book, 100 Borough Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA  15236.

• Whitehall Borough Building: Drop box provided in administration lobby. The building is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.

• Whitehall Public Library: Drop box provided in library. Survey forms also are available here.

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