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Independent_Apple159 t1_j6kujnn wrote

That's not really a thing in Pittsburgh. There may be some in Cranberry, which is an exurb in Butler county, assuming you're okay with a longer commute. My husband worked with a guy who lived in Cranberry and worked in Oakland. He said that at rush hour it was around 45-60 minutes each way. Which is why he moved closer the first chance he got.

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Independent_Apple159 t1_j5v4sq4 wrote

To be honest, I only paid attention to the routes and timing that affected me. I know the routes that were eliminated didn't come back, but there were some different routes were added over time. I don't know if they replaced the routes that were eliminated or if they were completely new. I do know of one completely new route in my area, but can't speak to those further out. Frequency did return. Before the pandemic most of the routes I took were back to every 10 minutes during rush hour, but spaced out more during off times. I'm not sure if that's how they were before the cuts, though. I went from taking the bus at rush hour to get to and from work before the cuts to being retired and taking the bus at different times.

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Independent_Apple159 t1_j5v1wbu wrote

I remember the last round of cuts. I'm lucky - I live in an urban area and commuted to a large university, where I was on staff. But even in my area, we had several routes eliminated. And the ones that survived cut stops. Buses that used to stop every 10 minutes came once every 30 minutes or even longer. For riders at the far ends of lines or on lines that don't get a lot of use, it's a real problem. Those are the routes that get terminated.

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