Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Port Authority of Allegheny County, commonly known as the Port Authority, but sometimes referred to by its former nickname "PAT" or "PAT Transit", is the region's mass transit system. While serving only a portion of the Pittsburgh area's 20th largest metro area it is the 11th largest transit agency in the nation. Port Authority runs a network of inter- and intracity bus routes, one funicular (more commonly known as "inclines") on Mount Washington, a light rail system that runs mostly above-ground in the suburbs and underground as a subway in the city, and one of the nation's largest busway systems.^[65]

The city has Amtrak intercity rail service at Pennsylvania Station, as well as various freight railroads. Current railroads include Norfolk Southern, CSX and Amtrak.

An additional funicular ("incline") owned by PAAC is run by a non-profit preservation trust.

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Sister cities

Pittsburgh has sixteen sister cities:^[66]

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v • d • e Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area

Central city	Pittsburgh

Counties	Allegheny • Armstrong • Beaver • Butler • Fayette • Washington • Westmoreland

Municipalities over 10,000 population (in 2000)	Aliquippa • Baldwin • Bethel Park • Brentwood • Butler • Carnot-Moon (CDP) • Fernway (CDP) • Franklin Park • Greensburg • Jeannette • Lower Burrell • McKeesport • Monroeville • Munhall • Murrysville • New Kensington • Plum • Uniontown • Washington • West Mifflin • Whitehall • Wilkinsburg

Municipalities 5,000-10,000 population (in 2000)	Ambridge • Arnold • Avalon • Beaver Falls • Bellevue • Bridgeville • California • Canonsburg • Carnegie • Castle Shannon • Clairton • Connellsville • Coraopolis • Crafton • Donora • Dormont • Duquesne • Economy • Forest Hills • Fox Chapel • Jefferson Hills • Latrobe • McKees Rocks • Monaca • Monessen • New Brighton • North Braddock • Oakmont • Pleasant Hills • Swissvale • Turtle Creek • Vandergrift • West View • White Oak

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v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

County seat: Pittsburgh

Cities	Clairton \| Duquesne \| McKeesport \| Pittsburgh

Boroughs	Aspinwall \| Avalon \| Baldwin \| Bell Acres \| Bellevue \| Ben Avon \| Ben Avon Heights \| Bethel Park \| Blawnox \| Brackenridge \| Braddock \| Braddock Hills \| Bradford Woods \| Brentwood \| Bridgeville \| Carnegie \| Castle Shannon \| Chalfant \| Cheswick \| Churchill \| Coraopolis \| Crafton \| Dormont \| Dravosburg \| East McKeesport \| East Pittsburgh \| Edgewood \| Edgeworth \| Elizabeth \| Emsworth \| Etna \| Forest Hills \| Fox Chapel \| Franklin Park \| Glassport \| Glenfield \| Green Tree \| Haysville \| Heidelberg \| Homestead \| Ingram \| Jefferson Hills \| Leetsdale \| Liberty \| Lincoln \| McDonald \| McKees Rocks \| Millvale \| Monroeville \| Mt. Lebanon \| Mount Oliver \| Munhall \| North Braddock \| Oakdale \| Oakmont \| Osborne \| Pennsbury Village \| Pitcairn \| Pleasant Hills \| Plum \| Port Vue \| Rankin \| Rosslyn Farms \| Sewickley \| Sewickley Heights \| Sewickley Hills \| Sharpsburg \| Springdale \| Swissvale \| Tarentum \| Thornburg \| Trafford \| Turtle Creek \| Verona \| Versailles \| Wall \| West Elizabeth \| West Homestead \| West Mifflin \| West View \| Whitaker \| White Oak \| Whitehall \| Wilkinsburg \| Wilmerding

Townships	Aleppo \| Baldwin \| Collier \| Crescent \| East Deer \| Elizabeth \| Fawn \| Findlay \| Forward \| Frazer \| Hampton \| Harmar \| Harrison \| Indiana \| Kennedy \| Kilbuck \| Leet \| Marshall \| McCandless \| Moon \| Neville \| North Fayette \| North Versailles \| O'Hara \| Ohio \| Penn Hills \| Pine \| Reserve \| Richland \| Robinson \| Ross \| Scott \| Shaler \| South Fayette \| South Park \| South Versailles \| Springdale \| Stowe \| Upper St. Clair \| West Deer \| Wilkins

CDPs	Carnot-Moon \| Curtisville \| Imperial-Enlow \| Russellton \| Sturgeon-Noblestown

Unincorporated communities	Buena Vista \| Harmarville