Any other PRT headaches today?

Submitted by dtb33 t3_z8t5dx in pittsburgh

Looking to commiserate over todays morning commute.

My trip today has been over an hour now and i’m only halfway to work! First bus at 8:30 never came. Waited 30 mins at the stop for next one. Rode for 10 minutes. 9:20 transfer from Oakland never came either! Now waiting another 30 minutes for the next one!

So now I am extremely late to work and have already missed 1 meeting so far. Any suggestions how I explain this to my boss?

For context my ride is from Bloomfield to the Hill District. An 11 minute drive has taken me almost 80 minutes now to do via transit.

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westinghousesghost t1_iyd4lx2 wrote

Depending on where your bus comes from, it may have been late because 1) there was a crash outside the inbound Fort Pitt Tunnel that closed the tunnel early this morning, and 2) there was a downed powerline on Parkway East outbound near Forbes according to the morning news. I know they had the tunnel reopened a while ago but idk about the power line.

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Confide420 t1_iyd9zud wrote

I would just get an uber if my first bus doesn't show up. 11 minute drive should be like $15-20 uber which is probably worth more than being late to work depending on how much you make.

You can also use an app called "Transit" which I use whenever I take the bus. It shows you when a bus is going to come as other riders on the bus track it in real time (that are also using the app). If you were using the app you would know that the bus wasn't going to arrive (there wouldn't be a live timer for the bus).

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Courageous_Chameleon t1_iye6m3e wrote

Or walked (if accessible) when the second bus didn't show. It would have taken less than the 30 minute wait to walk from Oakland to the Hill District.

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Saberpilot t1_iyf6j9g wrote

I have spoken with PRT before when my bus doesn't have a driver/doesn't show. I was informed that if you have your employer call in, they will verify that there wasn't a driver and you were at no fault for not getting to work. Not sure if that will help you or not, but it's an option I keep in my back pocket as my bus drive time doesn't always have a driver.

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