East Busway Extension
The Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway currently runs from downtown Pittsburgh to Swissvale. The Eastern Corridor Transit Study proposal recommends extending the existing East Busway, which has a connection to Oakland via the Neville Street Ramp, from Swissvale along the Norfolk Southern and Union Railroad rights-of-way to Monroeville. Stops would be placed in Braddock, East Pittsburgh, and at a terminus at the Monroeville Mall. The project is proposed in two phases: one to East Pittsburgh, and another extending to Monroeville. The Citizens’ Plan also calls for a Busway extension which would continue through Thompson Run to a proposed multi-modal transportation center including a new interchange with Interstate 376.
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This recommendation is not currently listed on the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), and is not scheduled for implementation.
Those interested in promoting the extension of the MLK Jr. East Busway should build community interest in the project, and collaboratively pursue funding to study the concept in greater detail. They should contact their SPC County Commissioners and work with the Port Authority of Allegheny County.