[PRCo] Re: Where are you?

[Fred Schneider]

Answer:  Yes.  Yes.  Been to both. ...  Dr. Fred

John Swindler wrote:

> Isn't Vancouver a steel-rail system using linear induction motors??
>
> Was under the impression that Vancouver had the same technology as Toronto's
> Scarborough Line.
>
> John (never been there)
>
> >From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: Where are you?
> >Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:07:45 -0600
> >
> >Variations of the Skybus concept work well - and have since as long ago as
> >1974 - at Dallas-Ft. Worth and Tampa Airports, and later at airports in
> >Newark and Chicago.  These applications are basically horizontal elevators,
> >using 1960's technology to transport stand-up riders less than three miles,
> >to a few stops, without an operator.  Unfortunately, in Pittsburgh from
> >1963
> >to around 1975, the small Skybus vehicles were promoted as an alternative
> >to
> >higher capacity light rail over distances of 15 miles where trips of 45
> >minutes required a higher degree of passenger comfort.
> >
> >By the 1990's in Vancouver, engineers had figured out how to combine a
> >higher capacity, longer distance system with auomated operation.
> >
> >Bob 2/23/04
> >
> >-----------------------------
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Harold Geissenheimer" <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
> >To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 1:10 PM
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: Where are you?
> >
> >
> > > Ed and others
> > > Ed.  you are right.  Sky bus woirks well at many airports
> > >
> > > Tampa, Seattle, Orlando, Denver, Atlanta, Pgh,San Francisco, Frankfurt,
> > > Miami
> > >
> > > and the downtown people mover in Miami (expanded several times)
> > >
> > > Westinghouse wanted Sky bus to create manufacturing jobs in Pgh.
> > >
> > > In fact they did.  Plant is in West Miflin.  Ownership went from
> > > WElectric to
> > > AEG Westinghouse to Adtrans to now Bombardier
> > >
> > > They did bring jobs to Pgh
> > >
> > > Harold Geissenheimer
> > >
> > > Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
> > >
> > > >But it works thoroughly well at a variety of airports I've visited!
> >RR
> >
> >
>
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