[PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?

[Jim Keener]

Makes me wish I was done with my masters.  This is exactly what I'd like
to do with my life!
Now I just need to figure out where my fiancée is doing her post-doc and
find a school I want to go to there or after.

/rant sorry

Jim

On 8/28/11 7:23 PM, Fred Schneider wrote:
> Please introduce yourself to those of us who have been on the list for years.   I never saw the name Paul Steven before.
>
> Fred Schneider
> Lancaster, PA
> (Ex patriot Pittsburgher ... ex in 1949)
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>
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> On Aug 28, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Paul Steven wrote:
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>> So you guys are thinking of putting streetcars back in the Strip?
>>
>> "Consultants wanted for streetcar plan
>>
>> By Bill Vidonic
>> PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
>> Friday, August 26, 2011
>>
>> Pittsburgh is looking for consultants to help plan a streetcar system and 
>> other transportation improvements within the Strip District, which could 
>> include an incline connecting the Strip with the Hill District.
>>
>> "I'm hoping this will be realistic as possible," said Becky Rodgers, executive 
>> director of Neighbors in The Strip. "Will everything that's in this study come 
>> out? You don't know, but it's a great starting point."
>>
>> The city hopes to hire consultants by November. They will spend six months 
>> devising transportation plans and how to pay for them. City officials have 
>> said a streetcar system could cost at least $25 million.
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>> Consultants will be paid up to $345,000 by the city and PennDOT through the 
>> Pennsylvania Community Transportation Initiative.
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>> That planning work likely would tie into the bigger Allegheny Riverfront 
>> Vision plan. The city in February announced that project, which aims to 
>> reconnect the Strip District, Lawrenceville, Morningside and Highland Park to 
>> 6.5 miles of redeveloped riverfront.
>>
>> "We've seen a lot of positive movement recently in the Strip District," Mayor 
>> Luke Ravenstahl said in a prepared statement. "New transportation improvements 
>> will build on this momentum by providing residents with better transit options 
>> and more bike/pedestrian-friendly ways to get in and around the neighborhood."
>>
>> The initiative is focusing on the Strip District between 11th and 40th 
>> streets, and possible improvements include the streetcar system, the incline, 
>> bikeway work along Penn Avenue and a new transit station for development along 
>> the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway at 21st Street.
>>
>> The deadline for consultants to submit qualifications to the city's Planning 
>> Department is noon Sept. 23. The detailed qualification request is available 
>> at www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp."
>>
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