Pittsburgh City Council

Council pauses a $50,000 Vibrant Pittsburgh membership renewal to ask what it delivers.

A request to renew membership with Vibrant Pittsburgh illuminated a new concern for council.

Pittsburgh faces no fines for its 4,000+ code violations while a $50,000 Vibrant Pittsburgh membership renewal goes on hold.

Permit change aims to end no parking signs that linger for weeks with no work.

In the chaos of Pittsburgh’s construction season, if it’s not one frustration, it’s another.

Love Your Block returns after a two-year pause with $20,000 for 17 neighborhood groups.

The Office of Community Affairs (OCA) is once again helping neighborhood groups to love their blocks.

Verra Mobility’s red light cameras land on a list of 37 surveillance tools up for review.

As Pittsburgh readies itself for the next round of automated red light enforcement (ARLE) cameras, city council has asked to know more about the technology’s surveillance capabilities.

DOMI explains why it keeps tearing up newly paved streets, Red light cameras get a surveillance inquiry, and Love Your Block returns with $20,000.

Pittsburgh's deficit reaches $30.2 million, deepened by assumed NFL Draft loss, as Public Works buys a dozen trailers for neglected upkeep.

Nearly $60,000 would buy a dozen trailers for snow and lawn crews.

A new Department of Public Works (DPW) purchase could help cut back the city’s overgrowth problem.

Projected year-end deficit grows to $30.2 million as revenues fall short.

With the close of the second quarter, Pittsburgh’s financial situation is looking even more grim with the NFL Draft having put a $1 million hole in the budget.

Beltzhoover rec center next in line for Stop the Violence funds.

McKinley Recreation Center in Beltzhoover could soon run out-of-schooltime programming with $200,000 from the city's Stop the Violence (STV) fund.

Closing a bike lane loophole could also destroy the case for parking on sidewalks.

A proposed change for parking regulations could force Pittsburghers to park with all four tires in the street.

Pittsburgh City Council moves to end parking in bike lanes, advances $200,000 for McKinley Recreation Center, and backs $73,050 in remote ballfield lighting.

Ballfield lights could go remote with a $73,050 software upgrade.

The superintendents of the city parks will soon be able to control ballfield lights with a tap on their phone.

Controller Heisler urges caution, citing $44.7 million deficit.

Controller Rachael Heisler had her own assessment of the proposed Downtown TRID.

Council advances $50 million Downtown TRID despite public opposition, controller’s deficit warning, and benefits that are “murky at best.”

Downtown TRID amendment would guard service workers from layoffs but require them to give up the right to strike.

The legislation was changed after council’s June 3 committee meeting to include a requirement to pay a prevailing wage and service employee protections as negotiated by the 32BJ branch of the Service…

Two hours of comment, 40 speakers, and almost no support for the Downtown TRID.

The meeting started with two hours of public comment as 40 speakers addressed council about the TRID.

URA says the TRID can turn around an $813 million drop in Downtown property values.

Pittsburgh City Council’s July 22 committee meeting featured two hours of public comment and two and a half hours of council discussion about the proposed Downtown Pittsburgh Transit Revitalization…

Painting the pavement at a busy Larimer intersection could make crossing safer.

Larimer may soon join the list of neighborhoods where art and pedestrian safety intersect.

Suburban EMS crews billed $27,000 for the NFL Draft.

The City of Pittsburgh is taking at $27,000 hit from NFL Draft invoices.