[PRCo] the WABCO PAT-Metro study

[Daria Phoebe Brashear]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbraninpgh at gmail.com> wrote:

> This plan is basically what we have now, with the exception of the
> trackage in the current "East Busway" to Wilkensburg and Edgewood.
>

No, because this plan would have rail where the East Busway is, new rail
where the South Busway is instead of rail one side and bus the other...

Basically, the busways were part of the skybus-based Early Action Plan, and
the WABCO plan was all rail.


> I remember, in the 1970s, County Commissioner Tom Forester (who at times I
> personally thought was brilliant and at times I thought him to be idiotic)
> kept insisting that the East Busway be built with double track rails
> installed for future use, if not immediate use upon completion of the
> busway. He sadly lost that battle, however.
>


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