[PRCo] Re: Beeses vs Trolleycars

[John Swindler]

>Derrick J Brashear commented:
>
>Yes, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has it; When I had more free time I
>read a good bit of it; Oh for those days again.
>
> > As for extending LRVs to Wilkinsburg today, cost would be about $20-25
> > million per mile (including cars), despite what the local newspapers 
>seem to
> > want the public to believe.  Go to the Federal Transit Administration's
> > website and look up the "Report on New Starts" to check out the cost of
> > light rail construction around the country.  The comparison should be 
>with
> > use of an existing right of way.
>
>I don't know what the deal is. Given how much Grata likes to poke the Port
>Authority you'd think he'd be all over it. He's on Harold's list, so if he
>doesn't know, there's little excuse. I'm not a transportation
>professional, it's an interest in my "spare time" and I know it.
>
>-D
>
>


In broad terms, lets just say that the reason is politics.  Fred the third 
can provide some details, privately, but its not something for publication.



>

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