[PRCo] Re: Another "Shoulda Coulda - could it be?

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Don't count on this happening anytime soon.  While the right-of-way is
essentially intact south from Drake to the Allegheny-Washington county line,
it is literally in dozens of back yards of '50s and '60s suburban homes.
And you know how NIMBYs are.

South of the county line, the right-of-way is gone...used for commercial
purposes or for houses.  The stretch between Cheeseman and Snodgrass is
intact, however (for the unfamiliar, they were adjacent stops!).  There's
also a bit between the south end of Houston and Arnold (also adjacent
stops).

And it's not that Port Authority hasn't thought of this, either...their
chief planner was talking with me about it as recently as May 3!

Ed 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Jerry
MATT Matsick
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:16 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Another "Shoulda Coulda - could it be?

Well Gentlemen thank you to "Fred and all" who responded on the Should
Coulda Woulda question,
now I have a Could it be possible one day?    Seems to me the suburbs of
Pittsburgh in whatever
direction you go  seem to be vibrant and growing, my question is could it be
possible that one day down the road (maybe not in our lifetime) could a
Washington Pa LRV route be built, seems like an awful lot of new homes being
built along 19 south from Allegheny Cty, into Peters Twp and onward
to Washington Pa to warrant a "Rapid Transit" line?    These people must be
working in
Pittsburgh somewhere?    Also was there or is there talk of extending the T
Northward after the
"tunnels" are done?   Also a line back out to Oakland area would seem to be
good also.
Just missing the "rails Jerry" !
Jerry Matsick
--
>From the RIVER CITY by the Sea! 
Jerry "Matt" Matsick
J A C K S O N V I L L E, Florida !