You think its bad for PAT now, it's about to get A LOT WORSE! (Pittsburgh: quality of life, prices)

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by squarian

Thanks to Anthony R. Joseph, 36, of Ross, there's one less pension PAT has to pay for.

Originally Posted by raubre

I hate to agree with this, but there are a handful of rude and ignorant bus drivers that are still with PAT that sghould have gotten the boot. On the other hand though, most of the bus drivers are good decent friendly people (they seem to know me since always on the bus.) It's those few bad eggs that spoil the whole bunch.

Originally Posted by h_curtis

I had a guy get off a bus and warned me that the bus driver was telling everyone on the bus that he would love to run me over on my bike and hated cyclists. He of course came really close to me and showed me he was boss.

I had a strange, seemingly pissed-off bus driver yesterday. Even though someone had hit the ringer, and the "stop requested" light was on, and four people were standing there waiting to get off the bus, she tried NOT to stop at the Centre and Negley bus stop yesterday. The only thing that kept her from turning onto Centre instead of stopping at the bus stop was the red light. I screamed at her, "Can we get OFF the bus?" Finally she stopped the bus and opened the door. Weird. Very weird bus driver yesterday.

[Lobick]

For those urging local Pols to get on their soap box:

Officials meet to find money for mass transit

[raubre]

Originally Posted by Lobick

For those urging local Pols to get on their soap box:

Officials meet to find money for mass transit

Thanks. Even if they did before, it seemed that that it wasn't publicized about it very much.

[gg]

Originally Posted by jay5835

I had a strange, seemingly pissed-off bus driver yesterday. Even though someone had hit the ringer, and the "stop requested" light was on, and four people were standing there waiting to get off the bus, she tried NOT to stop at the Centre and Negley bus stop yesterday. The only thing that kept her from turning onto Centre instead of stopping at the bus stop was the red light. I screamed at her, "Can we get OFF the bus?" Finally she stopped the bus and opened the door. Weird. Very weird bus driver yesterday.

A friend of mine that used to live in Blawnox, said the bus drivers would occasionally skip his stop even though people were waiting in plain site. I also was on a bus that took River Road, which wasn't on the route. Some wild stuff does go on. Some drivers do make over $80K with overtime. PAT is so well run.

[SteelCityRising]

Does anybody seriously think Gov. Corbett will care about what people like Mayor Ravenstahl or County Executive Fitzgerald have to say?

[raubre]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Does anybody seriously think Gov. Corbett will care about what people like Mayor Ravenstahl or County Executive Fitzgerald have to say?

No, but he should. It would make him look bad if he doesn't work with local officials.

[Blackbeauty212]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Does anybody seriously think Gov. Corbett will care about what people like Mayor Ravenstahl or County Executive Fitzgerald have to say?

It doesn't matter whether they do or no....Point is they need to be out in front showing the Public that they are fight for them (a rally the troops type moment)...doing nothing and hiding under the desks at city hall makes the public think you couldn't give 2 Sh*ts about whether PAT goes belly up and people's jobs become jepordized....

The Media needs to keep the fire on Harrisburg too, Pittsburgh's media has a tendency to let critical issues burn out from the headlines....PG is pretty good about staying on top of important local stories but the TV News has a terrible reputation of letting stories burn out.

[raubre]

Originally Posted by Blackbeauty212

It doesn't matter whether they do or no....Point is they need to be out in front showing the Public that they are fight for them (a rally the troops type moment)...doing nothing and hiding under the desks at city hall makes the public think you couldn't give 2 Sh*ts about whether PAT goes belly up and people's jobs become jepordized....

The Media needs to keep the fire on Harrisburg too, Pittsburgh's media has a tendency to let critical issues burn out from the headlines....PG is pretty good about staying on top of important local stories but the TV News has a terrible reputation of letting stories burn out.

I wanted to rep you but couldn't. That is the main point people are missing. They should be out there speaking up for what is important to thier constituents.

[squarian]

Originally Posted by Blackbeauty212

The Media needs to keep the fire on Harrisburg too, Pittsburgh's media has a tendency to let critical issues burn out from the headlines....PG is pretty good about staying on top of important local stories but the TV News has a terrible reputation of letting stories burn out.

The curse of our times. The PG is the only serious large-circulation MSM organ with an independent editorial policy in greater Pgh. There is a fairly impressive local blogosphere, but IMO net-based journalism in Pgh hasn't attained the ability to move opinion on a politically-significant scale.

PA is famously bi-polar, and out here at the western pole reporting on state affairs is very thin - which is no doubt one of the reasons why the Gen Ass has survived in its pathetic state for so long, and also one of the reasons PAT is in such a fix. This state would benefit enormously from some sustained, serious and accessible politically commentary focused on Harrisburg, a la HuffPost or Drudge. Or perhaps Hogarth would be more to the point.

[squarian]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Very weird bus driver yesterday.

Maybe she's a good friend of Anthony R. Joseph, 36, of Ross?