[PRCo] Fwd: Re: Re: Patco and rapid transit in Phila.

[James B. Holland]

"Sandy Smith" <SandySmith80 at ...> wrote:

I'd have loved to hear that *Radio Times* interview you refer to.  "A
California thing"?  May I have some of whatever it was the SEPTA guy was
smoking?

BTW, more evidence:  One of the rails at the switch at 12th and
Bainbridge has been covered over--with concrete.

On Nov 10, 2007 9:38 PM, Josph Clark joe3l1rk at ... wrote:

>    <k at yahoo.c> joe3l1rk at ... replies to dcwarner54<david
> warner at ... I was clearly wrong about PATCO being owned by the
> Garden State.
> However none of this ought to detract from the idea that SEPTA's
> "Management" has no intention of restoring any streetcar service
anywhere.
> Just look at the 23, which is on the list of historical preserveraton
> sites. Has been since the early 80's. When SEPTA eliminated the 15 and
56 it
> also eliminated the 23 ten years after backing down from Chestnut Hill
> residents* and promising to keep the 23 as a street car route.*
> I used to live near the the depot at 22nd & Venago and SEPTA paved
over
> the tracks there over 2 years ago. During the summer they were doing
same
> out by 49th and Parkside and tarred-over the tracks at the 49th street
> depot. Even Homer Simpson can tell that SEPTA has no intention of
restarting
> streetcar service. In fact about ten years ago a member of the SEPTA
board
> appeared on "Radio Times With Marty Moss Coane"
> and gave lame reasons why they (SEPTA) were not going to construct any
> more streetcar routes (The lame reasons included among other things
that
> this was a "California thing")
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: dcwarner54 david.warner at ...
>
> Josph Clark joe3l1rk@ .> wrote:
> snip
> >In any event I don't know what you are getting worked up into a fine
> >lather over, P.A.T.C.O. is owned by NEW JERSEY while the City
> Transit >Division of S.E.P.T.A. is owned by PHILADELPHIA! !!
>
> PATCO is not ownded by New Jersey. It is a subsidiary of the Delaware
> River Port Authority, a bi-state agency with eight commissioners each
> from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The current Chairman of the Board is
> Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.
>
> If PATCO/DRPA had been owned by NJ, then the Honorable Gov. Rendell
> would not have been able to hold the Authority "hostage" for 18 months
> over a dispute regarding the dredging of the Delaware River from 12/05
> until 05/07.
>
> dcwarner
> wilmington, de