[PRCo] Re: Pen's get new luxury hotel

[Schneider Fred]

The east busway has very heavy patronage.   I've thought of that.    
I've also recognized that a lot of the business on the busway comes  
from buses leaving it at exits and serving neighborhoods and I wonder  
if converting it to rail would cause you to loose that business if  
people were forced to transfer ... or would the confort of a rail car  
overcome the dislike for a transfer???????

On Dec 18, 2008, at 4:28 PM, John Swindler wrote:

>
> From northside, following East St. expressway corridor towards  
> Cranberry is an option.  Another direction might be westward  
> towards the Airport busway.  A third might be conversion of East  
> Busway to light rail.
>
> At some point the so called Spine Line should again be considered  
> as it would connect the two primary traffic generators in the  
> Pittsburgh area.
>
> Far too often, Pittsburgh politicians are too busy being Pittsburgh  
> politicians.
>
> John
>
>
>> From: mtoytrain at bellsouth.net> To: pittsburgh- 
>> railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pen's get new luxury  
>> hotel> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:15:35 +0000> > > Â Fred - you  
>> keep saying the City of Pittsburgh has 300,000 people, which is  
>> true, however> Allegheny County has over a 1,200,000, plus the 5  
>> county metro area  has nearly 2.5 million,  checked available  
>> office space in downtown Pittsburgh and the city has one of the  
>> highest occupancy rates in the country, so there are alot of  
>> people commuting to downtown Pittsburgh, many of the Pittsburgh  
>> people have moved out of the area, plus alot have moved to  
>> counties outside of Allegheny, but many still work in Pittsburgh.  
>> Most of the times I rode the T the cars were full, what would stop  
>>  people from riding into downtown from the North Hills or East  
>> side communities? Â With Mr. Obama promoting all these new jobs>  
>> in contstructing highways etc, someone needs to tell him, RAILS  
>> are our future! Â  Â Friends from Chevy C!
>  hase MD, and Arlington VA recently visited Pittsburgh for the  
> first time and were impressed with what> they found. Â Â > -->  
> From: Jerry "Matt" Matsick> > AGING: Eventually you will reach a  
> point when you > stop lying about your age and start Bragging >  
> about it. > Â  -------------- Original message from Phillip Clark  
> Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>: --------------> > > > ----- Original  
> Message ----> > > > > From: Schneider Fred > > > To: pittsburgh- 
> railways at dementia.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008  
> 6:30:57 PM> > > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pen's get new luxury hotel> > >  
> > > > Imagined tax revenues is the answer.> > > > $$$$$> > > > $$$$$ 
> $$> > > > $$$$$$> > > > $$$$$$$$$> > > > It is the dollar that  
> rules isn't it.> > > > > > > > Portland is an enigma to me ... the  
> light rail fits in with the > > > culture ... it fits there like it  
> fits in Europe but doesn't fit in > > > Memphis ... it fits because  
> the mentality of the people there accept > > > urban life. .....  
> The Orego!
>  nians are > > > very jealous about their culture and keeping out  
> the r
> iff raff. > > > > Better look again Mr.Schneider. Number of  
> Homeless on the> > streets of Portland makes Los Angeles look like  
> Paradise on earth.> > All over downtown Portland. Appears  
> disproportionate to> > the extreme doesn't it.> > > > Yes, rail  
> works very well in Portland, even the 'so-called streetcar.'> > > >  
> > > > > Phil> > > > > > > > > > > > >
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