How Much Did This Thing Cost?

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Port Authority's current management inherited the West Busway project and
fortuitously scaled it back.  It has been open about 6 weeks now and is
carrying 5400 weekday riders, 2200 on weekends.  Wasn't it built at near-LRT
prices?  Shouldn't you be getting 30,000 or more weekday passengers if you
pay that much?

But maybe it's ALL new math...I just purchased some municipal bonds, the
proceeds of which go to Penn Hills.  They have a line item in their 2000
budget entitled "Non-Revenue Receipts."  (At the trolley museum, we call
what I think this is "In-Kind Donations," but obviously we're not on top of
the politically correct language!

Ed