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

[John Swindler]

Perhaps a parking garage at Drake will have to suffice as most that might be done, with autos being the connection.  But that would not be much of an improvement over South Hills Village.
 
I've always thought the West Busway should have been light rail, and there might be some rail rights of way that would be accessible from Carnegie to Bridgeville.  Again, let people drive from Washington Co. on I-79  As Ed says, the PRC right of way has too many businesses and NIMBYs.
 
A problem is that this country has had half a century of development of not only urban residential sprawl, but also commercial sprawl.  All the office building complexs built outside the CBD during an era of cheap oil condemn workers to commuting by auto or some sort of vanpools.
 
John
 
 
> From: trams2 at comcast.net> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Another "Shoulda Coulda - could it be?> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:59:06 -0400> > 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-----> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> [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 ! > > > > > 
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