Rep. Summer Lee Calls for Immediate Reversal of Waterfront Bus Stop Removal

PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 25, 2025 — Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) issued the following statement in response to the decision to remove Port Authority bus stops within the Waterfront shopping complex in Homestead:

“Removing bus stops from the Waterfront disregards the needs of thousands of riders—working people, seniors, people with disabilities, families, and caregivers—who depend on this lifeline every single week. Forcing riders to walk across vast parking lots and unsafe roadways, often while carrying groceries, walking with children, or navigating mobility challenges, is not only unjust, but also dangerous.

“As someone who grew up riding these busways, it’s clear this decision was not made with the public in mind. When we allow private interests to dictate access to essential services, it is our most vulnerable neighbors who inevitably pay the price. My team and I will continue to work with all stakeholders to find a solution and get these stops restored.

“Public transportation must remain safe, reliable, and accessible to everyone. I stand in solidarity with Pittsburghers for Public Transit and with every community member demanding the immediate reversal of this harmful and shortsighted decision.”

Congresswoman Summer Lee serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Education and Workforce. Since taking office in January 2023, she has delivered historic levels of federal investment totaling over $2.4 Billion brought back to Western PA, including over $580 million for infrastructure, over $110 million for affordable transit, over $500 million to keep clean energy manufacturing at home in Pennsylvania, and over $55 million on clean energy efforts in and around schools to help keep our kids and communities safe. These investments will help improve Western Pennsylvania’s infrastructure and transit, ensure cleaner air and drinking water, lower housing costs, fund research institutions, fuel clean manufacturing, fund STEM innovation and entrepreneurship, boost workforce development, and create thousands of good paying union jobs.  Lee and her team have also delivered casework and constituent services to over 3,000 constituents with issues ranging from helping our seniors and disabled community access Medicare and social security to helping folks secure housing and helping families with immigration support and passports.