[PRCo] Re: Off__Topic---BUT__Pertinent

[John F Bromley]

It won't be needed.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Holland" <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
To: "-->- PRCo -- WP -- JTC -<--" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:46 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Off__Topic---BUT__Pertinent


>
> HI!
> I recognize this as scare-tactics, but the fact that it is mentioned
> causes concern.
> Think it is better to be informed so counter action might be taken when
> and  I-F  needed.
>
> Jim
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Off__Topic---BUT__Pertinent
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:34:02 -0500
> From: John F Bromley <johnfbromley at rogers.com>
> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> References: <3CA0E7EE.FD55EDC2 at pacbell.net>
>
> Don't concern yourself with this bullcrap - it was a slow news day.   TTC
> streetcars are not nor will be in any danger.  Can you spell
> ":institution"?   Or "lynch-mob"?   First is what streetcars are here,
> second is politico's fate if they try anything.
>
> Forget this stuff - as I said it's pure BS.  Don't spread it around.
>
> JFB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Holland" <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:28 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Off__Topic---BUT__Pertinent
>
> Good Morning!
>
> Bill Robb of Toronto shares this extremely bleak article from a local
> newspaper.   Please note these 3-paragraphs:::::::
>
> "Streetcars cost $3 million to $5 million apiece; repairing and
> maintaining the tracks costs $30 million a year."
>
> "Buses cost $450,000 each, are much less expensive to repair, and run on
> roadways maintained at city expense."
>
> "'You have to ask, at some point, is it cheaper to run buses than
> streetcars - and that, I know, is a dynamite question,' Webster said."
>
> While Toronto is strictly streetcar in streets which slows efficiency,
> I-F  such a stellar system abandons, it will make easy fodder for others
to
> follow suit.
>
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>
> Budget crunch puts beloved but costly fleet at risk
>
> Toronto Star, Tue, 26 Mar 2002
> Joseph Hall
> Transportation Reporter
>
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