[PRCo] Re: Oakland Fifth Avenue

[John Swindler]

Very interesting question.  Did the narrow Pittsburgh streets help or hinder 
the survival of the streetcar lines, or didn't it matter (that economics 
question again)?????  And what about topography????

Again, interesting question.

John

>From: mrb190 <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Oakland Fifth Avenue
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:24:07 -0400
>
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>http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/rhp143.htm
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>I sometimes think that if all major Pittsburgh avenues were like this, that 
>the
>car lines may have had a better chance of surviving.   Brookline Blvd. in
>Brookline is a big example of that.
>
>OK - I'm dreaming.  But tight streets (McKeesport, Mt. Washington) 
>definitely
>contributed to the demise of the railways here.
>
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