[PRCo] Re: pat__service__cuts__2007.01.23-changed to 2/1/07

[Joshua Dunfield]

John Swindler wrote:
> From today's Post Gazette.
> 
> One could ask the question: why did PAT need more space when system 
> ridership was declining.

I heard about this brilliant real estate decision from a 28X driver a
year or two ago.  He thought they did it so the upper management could
have the rarefied atmosphere of the Duquesne Club nearby.

Actually, *was* system ridership declining circa 2000?  I'm pretty
sure it increased in at least some of the years I was in Pittsburgh
('00-'06), which wouldn't be surprising given that the system was
expanding in 2000-01; the West Busway opened, the East Busway extension
and Overbrook reconstruction were ongoing, and 24 hour service began
on a few buses.

Best,
-j.