[PRCo] First Harmony Car Enters Pittsburg

[Herb Brannon]

When John "Teaparty" Kasich became governor of Ohio he thought the same
thing as this guy in Cincinnati. His very first official act was to "can"
the high-speed passenger rail system in Ohio. The US Govt had approved
money for some of the Ohio rail lines and Kasich publicly stated that he
would be using the money for "other things". Much to his surprise and
enlightenment, the fed just moved the money to the states of New York and
California leaving Kasich to find "corporate welfare" money elsewhere.

On the bright side, New Orleans has built and placed into revenue service
the new Loyola Avenue line and will begin construction in early 2014 on the
Rampart Street line.

One the cloudy side, why doesn't PATransit try to get money to extend some
of the Pittsburgh lines? The PAT management doesn't seem too interested in
running a good transit system. Service levels are no where near what they
were when I worked at PAT.


On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 12:05 PM, PC <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The new mayor of Cincinnati won on an anti-trolley platform didn't he.
>  The city council is now tipped anti-trolley.
> While contract obligations cloud the picture the future is definitely in
> doubt.  The mayor elect has already
> talked to administration officials in DC to use Fed money for other
> projects.  The mayor elect has been
> invited to DC to discuss same.  Of course this does not mean approval does
> it.  The discussions may be
> legal in nature to see if the law would allow for such changes.
>
> <
> http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/whats-next-for-the-cincinnati-streetcar-project
> >
>
> <http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131105/NEWS0106/311050179>
>
> <
> http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Cincinnati-s-new-mayor-puts-streetcar-in-doubt-4961243.php
> >
>
>
> Ph
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sat, 11/9/13, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [PRCo] First Harmony Car Enters Pittsburg
>  To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <
> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
>  Date: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 8:37 AM
>
>
>  FTA is still spending big bucks.  Charlotte is getting
>  some for light rail extension to Univ. North Carolina and an
>  east-west streetcar line.  Something seems to be going
>  on in Cincinnati, St. Louis and Kenosha, but I just don't
>  follow anymore as in years past.
>
>  Likewise maybe Minneapolis - line to St.Paul.  Might
>  also want to check New Orleans, Tucson, San Francisco
>  central subway, and Los Angeles Pasadena extension.
>  Also saw a mention about Norfolk extension to Virginia
>  Beach, but might still be in talking/planning stage.
>  Atlanta and Miami???  Again, I don't follow as in
>  year's past.
>
>  Here's a picture of the blank wall in the North Shore
>  extension tunnel for a right turn towards East
>  St./I-279.  The current north shore alignment curves to
>  left thru vehicle.  The blank wall to right is for
>  future extension.
>
>
>
>
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