[PRCo] Re: San Francisco 3rd Street

[Fred Schneider]

THOSE ARE THE SAME VIBRATIONS I'VE BEEN GETTING ... SAME KIND OF  
HOODS AS I HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH TO GET TO MY BARBERSHOP EVERY TWO  
WEEKS.   It used to be that Reading and Philadelphia were bad.    
We've had gangland two shootings in Lancaster (population 54,000)  
this week and one was in a good neighborhood.

I suspect that, though the neighborhood is bad, the same rules apply  
that apply here.   The druggies are probably sleeping until two  
o'clock.   So take the pictures in the morning and get the hell out  
of there by lunch time.   Reasonable advise, Jim?

On May 9, 2007, at 6:50 PM, jbh at p-r-co.com wrote:

> Please pardon the online reply as this is most expedient at the  
> moment.
>
> You had written some time back about touring the T some time in  
> July and I
> doubt I shall be available for that. Much going on here (computer  
> problems
> so original email from you tied up on another computer) as well as  
> various
> family considerations.
>
> The T in SF is the 88-Frankstown in Pgh - goes through THE worst
> neighborhoods (Bayview also near Hunters Point not unlike Homewood  
> or The
> Hill) where crime is high and shootings are almost daily. Wouldn't  
> want to
> travel through this area with a camera exposed. Toured the line on  
> a quiet
> evening earlier this year before it was open and It Is Impressive.  
> (Drove
> the ETI test Trolley Coach through here on the 24 on a regular  
> basis but
> must honestly admit that I was nervous doing so but didn't  
> experience any
> problems.) Have not ridden it and doubt I shall until one of those  
> railfan
> types comes to town and twists my arm (have only been on the F about 3
> times, if that!) T Not functioning as well as desired - street  
> intersections
> have blocks and signalling to prevent 2 trolleycars / lrvs from  
> colliding -
> why not the same at West Portal, Duboce/Church, Market/Church etc?  
> Answers
> Not Needed!
>
> So Far it seems that the freeway meltdown has not made a major  
> disruption to
> the traffic flow and I noticed that another connector was opened up on
> Monday. Would have to study a map to understand what is happening  
> there as I
> was through that maze only twice this year and that may have been a  
> first
> for about a decade - it is very rare for me to cross the Bay Bridge  
> and may
> have done so less than a half-dozen times since the 1989 Quaker.
>
>
>> Fred Schneider writes:
>
>> Jim Holland:
>>
>> Is there an acceptable way around the East Shore Freeway / I-580
>> interchange?
>>
>> This seems to add a new dimension to being "under insured."
>>
>> Thank heavens it wasn't farther west where 580 goes over BART at
>> MacArthur Station.   That was my first reaction.   At least BART can
>> still be hauling people today.   They must be hauling like gang  
>> busters.
>>
>>
>>
>> fws
>