[PRCo] Re: Routes that Could Have Been Retained

[James B. Holland]

> Matt Barry wrote:
> .
>
>> Why am I thinking about this at all? Tourists. While I was in New 
>> Orleans this past May, I realized that a lot of the folks riding the 
>> St. Charles (in particular) and the newer Canal Street lines, were 
>> tourists.
>
> James B. Holland wrote:
>
> They tried to -*Legislate-* East Liberty into a Pedestrian Mall and 
> that failed. The rehab of the near North Side failed as well. It's 
> possible to *-Legislate-* anything as a tourist attraction but will 
> the tourists follow?


Buffalo might be a good example, but has nothing to do with tourist 
trade per se.       They put in a Rail Line  (lrv)  with  Huge 
Non-Articulated Cars  --  not unlike the PE Blimps in size  --  and word 
within the last decade is that they would like to abandon same  --  not 
reaching projected ridership.       They would have to pay back Fed 
Dollars if they abandoned so they plod on.       Rail Line was to 
revitalize downtown but That Never Happened!       Can't legislate such 
things!

TrolleyCars // StreetCars  *-As__We__Knew__Them-*  are gone  --  that 
era is Over.       Why don't we have Stage Coaches for public 
transportation any more?       Everything has its day in the sun and 
then fades into memory!       Portland, OR, has supposedly ReInvented 
the streetcar  --  will it spread?       Donut know.       For me it 
won't be the same.       My approach to rail transit is simply as an 
Hobbyist with 1930--1953 in Pittsburgh as my ideal.       I am honestly 
Not Concerned if rail is used / liked / disliked today.       If people 
want it and it works  --  FINE;  if people don't want it, that is  FINE  
too  --  don't force it upon them.




Jim__Holland


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