UNITED WE STAND
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BENEFITS FOR COMPLETING THIS SECTION
REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION
Improves accessibility throughout the region
Reduces backup at the Squirrel Hill Tunnel by 75%
Reduces traffic on PA Route 51 by 25%
Reduces traffic on city neighborhood streets by 40% (including overweight, oversized and/or hazardous materials trucks)
Takes hazardous trucks off neighborhood streets
Linked to the Martin Luther King Busway
PROMOTES ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION
Improved access to nine major brownfield sites
Access for 715 manufacturers that employ 25,000
Community redevelopment in 47 communities
Improves access for intermodal commerce
Promotes in-fill development