Comments on: So you’re thinking of moving to Pittsburgh — Public Transit http://www.flatline.net/journal/2007/07/14/so-youre-thinking-of-moving-to-pittsburgh-public-transit/ self-deprecating yet still self-promotional witty comment Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:32:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Terry Daniels http://www.flatline.net/journal/2007/07/14/so-youre-thinking-of-moving-to-pittsburgh-public-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-17939 Terry Daniels Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:52:57 +0000 http://www.flatline.net/journal/2007/07/14/so-youre-thinking-of-moving-to-pittsburgh-public-transit/#comment-17939 Hi, Thanks for sharing such nice information. I thought that Pittsburgh is really a good place to live on but upon reading your blog post I made a second thought. See, I don't want to be in hassle if I will go on a public bus, and who on earth wants an unconvenient ride? I don't have my own car so buses are my way of transportation. The financial scandal you mention is really something if I will going to base it. Maybe I will check if Pittsburgh really seems this way. Thanks kind regards Terry Hi, Thanks for sharing such nice information. I thought that Pittsburgh is really a good place to live on but upon reading your blog post I made a second thought. See, I don’t want to be in hassle if I will go on a public bus, and who on earth wants an unconvenient ride? I don’t have my own car so buses are my way of transportation. The financial scandal you mention is really something if I will going to base it. Maybe I will check if Pittsburgh really seems this way. Thanks

kind regards
Terry

]]> By: Michael Stagg http://www.flatline.net/journal/2007/07/14/so-youre-thinking-of-moving-to-pittsburgh-public-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-7693 Michael Stagg Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:20:46 +0000 http://www.flatline.net/journal/2007/07/14/so-youre-thinking-of-moving-to-pittsburgh-public-transit/#comment-7693 Thank you for the very thoughtful and informative missive on Pittsburgh, with special reference to public transit. I also am a non-native of the Smoky City, and a keen cyclist. Today I tried to put my bicycle on the trolley (tram, "T"), during non-peak hour, traveling from Mt Lebanon into the city. The inbound journey was fine, with a pleasant and helpful female driver, who charmingly insisted that sullen young men boarding her trolley say "thank you" to her, to which she would answer "you're welcome". Pleasant reminders of elementary school etiquette. It was, however, on my return leg, from Station Square back to Mt Lebanon that "the wheels came off". Like a good lad, I waited for other passengers to board first, before clambering on with my bicycle, and with civic pride placed my two crisp dollar bills into the driver's "slot machine". The driver, pony-tailed and tattooed, barked at me that you pay at the end, not at the beginning. I couldn't believe my ears, as I had had no trouble coming into town, and I had done the reverse of what the driver was saying. I'm 56, I've traveled much of the world, and I've never been asked to pay on disembarking from public transport. It is not a big issue, but it is hugely confusing, and I can think of no obvious logic for the practice, nor could I see any instruction informing the novice that logic should be turned on its head. Thus your posting on some of the ins and outs of Pittsburgh was most informative. Thanks, as I now no longer feel that I am the only stranger in a strange place. Thank you for the very thoughtful and informative missive on Pittsburgh, with special reference to public transit. I also am a non-native of the Smoky City, and a keen cyclist. Today I tried to put my bicycle on the trolley (tram, “T”), during non-peak hour, traveling from Mt Lebanon into the city. The inbound journey was fine, with a pleasant and helpful female driver, who charmingly insisted that sullen young men boarding her trolley say “thank you” to her, to which she would answer “you’re welcome”. Pleasant reminders of elementary school etiquette. It was, however, on my return leg, from Station Square back to Mt Lebanon that “the wheels came off”. Like a good lad, I waited for other passengers to board first, before clambering on with my bicycle, and with civic pride placed my two crisp dollar bills into the driver’s “slot machine”. The driver, pony-tailed and tattooed, barked at me that you pay at the end, not at the beginning. I couldn’t believe my ears, as I had had no trouble coming into town, and I had done the reverse of what the driver was saying. I’m 56, I’ve traveled much of the world, and I’ve never been asked to pay on disembarking from public transport. It is not a big issue, but it is hugely confusing, and I can think of no obvious logic for the practice, nor could I see any instruction informing the novice that logic should be turned on its head. Thus your posting on some of the ins and outs of Pittsburgh was most informative. Thanks, as I now no longer feel that I am the only stranger in a strange place.

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