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

[John Swindler]

Manchester office space built 70s when ridership was peaking around 115-120 
million per year.  It's since shrunk to around 80 million.


>From: Joshua Dunfield <joshuad at cs.cmu.edu>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: pat__service__cuts__2007.01.23-changed to 2/1/07 Date: 
>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:19:47 -0500
>
>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.
>

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