Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States

🇺🇸 Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County.

Economy A reduction in steel production also reduced coal mining in Pennsylvania, which was important to the Johnstown economy. In 1982, Johnstown's longest-serving mayor, Herbert Pfuhl Jr., said that, as a result of the decline, city revenues had fallen approximately 35 percent.

The Johnstown economy later recovered somewhat, largely due to industry around health care and high-tech defense, but was reported to be the third-fastest shrinking city in the U.S. in 2017. Nonetheless, in 2018, Johnstown was ranked 169th among "The Best Small Places For Business And Careers" in the U.S., by Forbes.

Major employers in the area include: • American Red Cross • AmeriServ Financial • Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. • Atlantic Broadband • Berkshire Hathaway—Penn Machine • Concurrent Technologies Corporation • Conemaugh Health System • Concentrix • Crown American • DRS Technologies • Galliker's • Höganäs AB • Kongsberg Gruppen • Lockheed Martin • Martin-Baker • Metropolitan Life • Northrop Grumman • Pepsi Bottling Group • Zamias Services, Inc.

Highways The main highway connecting Johnstown to the Pennsylvania Turnpike is U.S. Route 219. There is also State Route 56, which is an expressway from 219 until Walnut Street. From there, it provides a connection to U.S. Route 22 to the north of Johnstown, which connects to Pittsburgh and Altoona.

Airport The local airport is the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, served by United Express, with flights to Washington-Dulles and Chicago-O'Hare via Clarksburg.

Rail Passenger rail service is provided by Amtrak's daily Pennsylvanian. The city is located on the former mainline of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Norfolk Southern operates 60–80 trains daily on these rails. CSX also has a branch into the city.

Mass transit CamTran operates the local bus service and the Johnstown Inclined Plane (funicular). Until 1976, local transit service was operated by a private company, Johnstown Traction Company. Streetcars (or "trolleys") operated in Johnstown until 1960, and trolley buses from 1951 until 1967.