Ed Blazina
Local News Editor at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
I cover transportation -- everything from highway and bridge construction to traffic, railroads and pedestrian and bicycle safety.
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3 days ago |
unionprogress.com | Ed Blazina
With the flip of a switch Tuesday evening, Pittsburgh officials changed the view on one block of the Manchester neighborhood. At the end of a news conference on Pennsylvania Avenue, Mayor Ed Gainey called for the city’s new LED streetlights to be activated between Chateau and Fulton streets. The new bright lights were a visible contrast to the old high-pressure sodium fixtures in the next block, where not all of them came on at the same time and the view was spotty.
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4 days ago |
unionprogress.com | Ed Blazina
With Pennsylvania’s budget clock ticking away toward the June 30 deadline, transit advocates are stepping up their push for legislators to make a substantial increase in state subsidy funds to avoid massive service cuts next year. A group of legislators introduced a package proposal last week that could generate more than $500 million a year for public transit, Gov.
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5 days ago |
unionprogress.com | Ed Blazina
The Parkview Avenue intersection at the Boulevard of the Allies in Oakland, near the closed Charles Anderson Bridge, closed Monday and will remain closed for the next few months for reconstruction. Parkview will remain open on both sides of the intersection, but traffic will have to detour to get around the closure.
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6 days ago |
unionprogress.com | Ed Blazina
Several monthslong road improvement projects will begin this week to highlight roadwork in Allegheny County. Here’s what to expect:Penn Hills – Parts of Hulton and Hamil roads will have single-lane alternating traffic beginning Monday and lasting through late November. Work will occur daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Hulton and Hamil between Saltsburg and Indiana roads and on Hamil between Hamil and Hunter roads.
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6 days ago |
unionprogress.com | Ed Blazina
Enforcement of the law banning the use of hand-held phones while driving in Pennsylvania begins Thursday, ending a 13-year journey of compromises to end what may be the most dangerous distraction for drivers. And even though police can stop drivers they see holding their cellphones – even at a red light – for the next year violators will only get a written warning. Next year, fines will start at $50State Sen.
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