Bill Peduto

17 Pittsburghers to try car-sharing service

July 22nd, 2008, posted by RobHop

Seventeen Pittsburghers — including one city council member — have chosen to put the brakes on their personal car use for a month and rely on a car-sharing service, public transit or their own two legs to get around the city.

The group of men and women, most of whom looked to be in their 20s and 30s, relinquished their car keys yesterday as part of Zipcar’s 30-day Low-Car Diet challenge. They’ll get their keys back Aug. 15.

Among the participants is City Councilman Bill Peduto. About half of the 1,000 miles a month he puts on his MINI Cooper are work related, he said. He’s rearranged his work schedule and is coordinating personal trips with Zipcar availability, he said.  read more »

Councilman Peduto won't run for Pittsburgh mayor

June 5th, 2008, posted by RobHop

Two-term City Councilman Bill Peduto says he won’t run for mayor next year and will travel much of the summer to get away from the pettiness of city politics.

Peduto is a two-time mayoral candidate who was thought by some to be the primary challenger for the Democratic nomination next year when Mayor Luke Ravenstahl runs for re-election. Ravenstahl is also a Democrat.

But Peduto says he’ll run for one more four-year term on council but doesn’t have plans beyond that. One thing’s for sure, Peduto says he doesn’t want to leave Pittsburgh.

He plans to spend 40 of the next 105 days traveling to Boston, Washington, Turkey and Norway. During the trips he’ll study everything from pension fund questions to “green” government initiatives.  read more »

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