Port Authority Launches ConnectBand Pilot Program

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) Before the doors at the Port Authority Service Center on Smithfield Street opened Thursday morning, riders were already in line.
They weren’t waiting for a bus — but to get one of the new Port Authority ConnectBands.
(Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Steve Willing)
Like the ConnectCards, the blue, waterproof wristbands allow riders to tap and go when they ride any Port Authority Bus, T Train or incline.
“You can tap your band on a machine on the bus, you can