[PRCo] Re: Routes that Could Have Been Retained

[Matt Barry]

The streetcar itself used to draw at least some tourists to Pittsburgh, 
I have been told by more than one person over time, when other cities 
had abandoned their routes..  I was thinking of the connection to the 
zoo when I thought of a line from town to the Highland Park area.
Well, if nothing else, this thread certainly drew a lot of conversation.

Enjoy!

Bill Robb wrote:

>Am I missing something? Where's the Bourbon Street in
>Pittsburgh?  Is it 80 degrees in the South Hills in
>April?  There's a little more than the streetcars in
>the New Orleans tourism mix. It takes more than a
>trolley line to draw tourists.
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>But, one line that might have worked was Mt.
>Washington, taking people up to all the restaurants
>with the view of the Golden Triangle and offering
>connections with the inclines.
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>I have doubts about some lines like39_Brookline and 
>21-Fineview even. The railfans loved it, but what
>would attract other people up there? It's all houses
>isn't it?
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>Bill Robb
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>>>>Matt Barry wrote:
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>>>>>Why am I thinking about this at all? Tourists.
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>>While I was in New
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>>>>>Orleans this past May, I realized that a lot of
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>>the folks riding the
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>>>>>St. Charles (in particular) and the newer Canal
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>>Street lines, were
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>>>>>tourists.
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