PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced Monday that it will permanently retire a bus lane in Oakland after over 45 years of service.

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According to a release, the contraflow bus lane on Fifth Avenue in Oakland will be retired next month, marking the end of more than four decades of dedicated service.

Beginning as early as January 4, 2026, PRT said nine bus routes — 54, 61D, 71A, 71B, 71C, 71D, 75, 93, and P3 — that currently travel outbound in the bus lane on Fifth Avenue will shift over to Forbes Avenue, where they will travel with the direction of general traffic and operate in mixed traffic until a new bus-only lane is established.

The routes will serve existing bus stops on F

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