According to the U.S. Census Bureau, public transportation commuters in Pittsburgh spend an average of 32 minutes traveling to work, the 11th-fastest transit commute time of the 136 cities in our analysis. That is also just nine minutes slower that the average commute time for drivers, the fifth-smallest difference.
The majority of transit riders in Pittsburgh use buses. Bus trips account for about 180,000 of 214,000 riders on a typical weekday. Light rail (known as “the T”), which runs underground in downtown Pittsburgh and above ground in outlying areas, accounts for about 28,000 rides per day.