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You Wanted To Know: What Happened To Sky Bus In Pittsburgh?
CBS Pittsburgh ^ | 7/23/18 | CBS Pittsburgh

Posted on 10/04/2021 11:03:32 PM PDT by DallasBiff

KDKA's David Highfield finds out what derailed Sky Bus from coming to the Pittsburgh area


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: masstransit; pittsburgh; skybus; transportation
Man I remember traveling the two mile loop of Skybus as a kid when going to the Allegheny county fair.

The guy is right, when those doors opened the whoosh of cold air startled you on a hot day.

1 posted on 10/04/2021 11:03:32 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

They mentioned the rising costs. I suspect the cost of concrete made it very expensive.

It’s a great idea, because it doesn’t impede traffic.


2 posted on 10/05/2021 12:07:33 AM PDT by Jonty30 (My superpower is setting people up for failure, without meaning to. )
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To: DallasBiff

Pittsburgh is nothing but on and off ramps and highways going through it.......like a maze of roads and one way streets. A nightmare to navigate!


3 posted on 10/05/2021 12:24:01 AM PDT by caww ( )
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I’ve never spent any time there, but the 3 rivers restricting travel can’t help.


4 posted on 10/05/2021 1:05:53 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: DallasBiff
Skybus :: BART
5 posted on 10/05/2021 2:01:28 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: DallasBiff

Dems and unions run the city. It was a boondoggle from the beginning.


6 posted on 10/05/2021 2:54:05 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: caww

My husband is from there. We lived there for about 15 years and lived in the suburbs. I would not go downtown because I was intimidated by all those tubes and tunnels and bridges. If you accidentally got onto the wrong one you were so s.o.l. I hated it.


7 posted on 10/05/2021 4:05:21 AM PDT by lilypad
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Oh it’s just awful...I made a trip down for a meeting and couldn’t get off the right ramp....then when I did it was trying to find a two way street (impossible) and just when I finally saw the bridge I needed to go on the police pulled me over to a side street because I was in the bus lane...and that street took me up a side hill into a turn around I couldn’t get off......I was over an hour and half stuck in all those loops before I finally got to the Hotel.......Never again have I driven in Pittsburgh!


8 posted on 10/05/2021 8:46:38 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: 3RIVRS

You have that right....and they control the press there as well.


9 posted on 10/05/2021 8:48:34 AM PDT by caww ( )
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