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View Poll Results: Which direction would you build a new T line?
Downtown to the East End, via Oakland 32 49.23%
Downtown to Lawrenceville, via Strip District 8 12.31%
North Side to Airport 13 20.00%
Extend current North Side line through Central North Side to North Hills 11 16.92%
Station Square to South Side 0 0%
Other (please specify) 1 1.54%
Voters: 65. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-02-2016, 02:43 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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They need to extend it out to the north hills, to cranberry. And, they need a line going out to Oakland...then monroeville...and then extend the south hills line to Canonsburg? So can I click yes on every option offered in the poll? :P
Why not an LRT connecting Cranberry directly with Southpointe, the route would go right through Robinson Township. Both Southpointe and Cranberry are big employment centers, the land acquisition costs for such a route would be minimal as most of the route could use the median strip of I79.
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Old 04-02-2016, 03:53 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Sounds great. Should help appease those that are against suv's in the city. Just gotta get the old school Yinzers on board.
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Old 04-02-2016, 04:30 PM
 
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We would need the money from the county and region, because people outside of the city will ***** moan and complain to high heaven if hundreds of millions are spent in the city alone for a track.
We did it with the North Shore Connector. I think you could use the same argument -- extending to Oakland would help those in the suburbs connect the jobs, universities, restaurants, and museums. It's even more true for Oakland than it was for the North Shore.
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Old 04-02-2016, 06:23 PM
 
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Well, not growing isn't helping the city. Look at the current state. I didn't know much about Bob O'Connor but I wish he hadn't passed. A lot of vision for the future died with him.
Vision is the easy part. Where to get that kind of money? And it's not just the Super Bowl; it's conventions, conferences, etc. Pittsburgh would be an easier sell as a host city if getting to and from the airport is easy. Cleveland landed the Republican convention. Wonder if Pittsburgh has a chance? Obama threw Pittsburgh a bone with the G-20. Those things are not gonna happen very often.
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Old 04-03-2016, 05:45 AM
 
Location: Manchester
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Vision is the easy part. Where to get that kind of money? And it's not just the Super Bowl; it's conventions, conferences, etc. Pittsburgh would be an easier sell as a host city if getting to and from the airport is easy. Cleveland landed the Republican convention. Wonder if Pittsburgh has a chance? Obama threw Pittsburgh a bone with the G-20. Those things are not gonna happen very often.
Well Pittsburgh actually declined to submit a bid for the DNC convention this year. Also, not sure that Cleveland should be hosting the RNC, as they have way bigger issues in their city that need the money.

Also, being a host city for such large events is not something a city should be shooting for. These events are usually subsidized by the local taxpayers, attended by outsiders, and don’t really have much of a lasting impact. From the Olympics to political conventions, cities should know they are being used, and should know better by now.
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Old 04-03-2016, 06:02 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Vision is the easy part. Where to get that kind of money? And it's not just the Super Bowl; it's conventions, conferences, etc. Pittsburgh would be an easier sell as a host city if getting to and from the airport is easy. Cleveland landed the Republican convention. Wonder if Pittsburgh has a chance? Obama threw Pittsburgh a bone with the G-20. Those things are not gonna happen very often.
The G20 event was no plus and no bargain for the city at all. The travel restrictions that G20 imposed on the city so that no one could get near the VIP's involved, basically shut down the city for the 3 days.

My office back then was in town, I couldn't go in during the G20 due to security concerns. People who had to take public transport in or through town were out of luck.

IMHO, they should have scheduled the G20 for an Air Force base in the Nevada desert, the Alaska Tundra or some other isolated locale. The military could have provided the level of security needed for these VIP's with minimal disruption to commerce and traffic.
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Old 04-03-2016, 09:44 AM
 
Location: South Side Flats, Pittsburgh, PA
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A Wabash bridge for the West and South Busways to connect into town would provide a much improved airport transit connector with dedicated right of way until out by 79, would be faster than the T, provide additional transit benefits, and would be cheaper. But it doesn't go ChooChoo, so whatever.
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Old 04-03-2016, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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A Wabash bridge for the West and South Busways to connect into town would provide a much improved airport transit connector with dedicated right of way until out by 79, would be faster than the T, provide additional transit benefits, and would be cheaper. But it doesn't go ChooChoo, so whatever.
I agree. Talk of a Maglev from Downtown to the Airport was just pie in the sky. Pittsburgh is not a big tourist attraction. Most people flying in are on business or natives returning from vacation. Seems like a waste of money for a single purpose line to the airport. The bus would work just fine.
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Old 04-03-2016, 06:51 PM
 
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I wasn't living in Pittsburg at the time, but when they were deciding where to put the casinos, I felt strongly that they should have put one in the old airport and coerce the casino to put up a bunch of money towards light rail to the airport; kind of like the ACES and "Gambler's Express" trains to Atlantic City. (I don't gamble, but would love a train to the airport for flying purposes, lol.)

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Definitely a plus...but those that never leave the area are content with the way things are, no matter the possibility of progress.
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Old 04-03-2016, 10:31 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Vision is the easy part. Where to get that kind of money? And it's not just the Super Bowl; it's conventions, conferences, etc. Pittsburgh would be an easier sell as a host city if getting to and from the airport is easy. Cleveland landed the Republican convention. Wonder if Pittsburgh has a chance? Obama threw Pittsburgh a bone with the G-20. Those things are not gonna happen very often.
The Port Authority is always asking for money so that wouldn't be a new option for them. Since everyone wants expansions to the colleges, then make them pay up and UPMC. Put a tax on flights. I mean, it's not like a couple dollars is going to make a difference for a plane ticket.

Think of all the repeat business that could be created from conventions and such, like the US Open.
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