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Old 11-06-2015, 05:32 AM
 
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Old 11-06-2015, 05:35 AM
 
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Replacing a parking lot with a garage seems like a good idea to me. If you're going to waste space, waste it in the most efficacious fashion possible.
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Old 11-06-2015, 05:42 AM
 
Location: South Side Flats, Pittsburgh, PA
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Would rather the did this with the lot on other side of Heinz field, but meh, I can see the use of a garage over there making sense.
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Old 11-06-2015, 05:43 AM
 
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They were also considering a hotel for the Rivers Casino. I'm not sure if they decided to go through with this or not.

Rivers Casino considers new hotel on Pittsburgh's North Shore | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rivers Casino plans to add $50M hotel while workers protest for right to unionize | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Old 11-06-2015, 07:17 AM
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Saw this on the news and to me it was good news, not bad news. They are proposing more development on that land, so less surface parking lots and more buildings. It has been the plan for that site all along, to eliminate surface parking and build. Great news things are going well over there.
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Old 11-06-2015, 07:37 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh PA
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seems like it could be a benefit
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Old 11-06-2015, 07:46 AM
 
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Do the existing garages already fill up, to the point where the extra commuter parking will actually make the T more crowded?

I realize this isn't for the commuters, but the thread title referred to its effect on the T.

Also for anyone that uses the North Shore stops on a regular basis, are the trains fairly packed for the trip under the river? I've used the Red Line extensively and know even the shortened Castle Shannon route is jam packed by the time it gets to South Hills Junction.
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Old 11-06-2015, 08:02 AM
 
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Echoing the above; while I support building just about anything in those parking lots that represent the worlds slowest 'development' outside of the Ryugyong Hotel, I don't see it having any effect on the 'T' as the existing parking doesn't fill up with commuters as it is currently.
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Old 11-06-2015, 08:18 AM
 
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Or less crowded, depending on your view. Perhaps more people park there and ride the T to work downtown, making it more crowded on weekdays. On the other hand, maybe more people would park there for games, and the T is less crowded on game days.
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Old 11-06-2015, 08:36 AM
 
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The "T" has plenty of capacity from that end .... PAT could even start running Subway Local Shuttles during the Rush, if the demand became too overwhelming for the regular Red and Blue line headways.
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