[PRCo] Re: Fw: [Mileage] PAT Penn Sta. Spur

[Derrick Brashear]

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
> I am looking at new schedules for South Hills Village and Library via Overbook dated 3/25/12.   There may not be Shannon short turns because there is no way to turn it back but there is service past Shannon via Overbrook.
>
> What isn't happening is the service through Dormont to South Hills Village no longer exists.  You have to get off the Red Line car (old 42/38) at Castle Shannon and walk 400 to 500 feet to catch the Blue line car if you live in Mt. Lebanon or Dormont and want to go to the mall.
>
> Hardly rapid transit ... That I will agree with.  Cars are governed for 30 mph and run mostly at 25.    Fitzgerald and Palmer must be rolling over in their graves in anguish.   Wonder if the highway lobby got to them and demanded that they not exceed what you can do on route 88!

10 minutes from Beechview to Station Square was fast enough. Biked to
Station Square, left bike, went and got tacos for lunch on Broadway,
grabbed some bacon at the charcuterie, and came back to Station Square
where I am sitting by the Bessemer Court fountain working!

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Derrick