[edh]

“In the early 70’s they wanted to build a transit system here in Pittsburgh called Skybus.”

Didn’t they let that thing hang over Corrigan Drive in South Park for years? I remember seeing that as a very young kid (it was long abandoned by then). I think they finally dismantled it in the early 80s.

Wasn’t it built for a county fair in the early 70s?

I don’t know if Skybus was the answer overall ... however, they failed miserably transitioning over to busses instead of building out the rail system. The rail from Library to downtown is great, but they should have worked to expand that to other points in the region.

Busses are terrible ... I remember when PAT went on strike in the early 1990s ... I had absolutely no problems getting into the city during rush hour since no busses were clogging up Route 51 :-). Once they settled, it was a miserable commute once again.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Didn’t they let that thing hang over Corrigan Drive in South Park for years? I remember seeing that as a very young kid (it was long abandoned by then). I think they finally dismantled it in the early

Yup, that was the one. They built a demonstration track in South Park. Were going to build them all over the county. In addition to the stiff resistance from unions, a lot of the residents in more fortunate suburbs objected to those elevated tracks going over their homes.

It was a Westinghouse product. That division was sold twice and is now Bombardier. They have the last surviving Skybus on display at their HQ in West Mifflin.