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Originally Posted by BMikeSci
Getting Around: Transportation wish list would cost billions
It would be great to have rail between Oakland and the Downtown. On the other hand, it's really easy to get from one to the other by bus.
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Bus transportation between Downtown and Oakland is NOT easy for quick. During rush hour, when most of us are moving between the two, it takes half an hour to travel 2 miles by bus. If there were to be light rail, with its own right of way, it would become a 5 minute commute, regardless of time. And that would be awesome
Regarding the state of the city, it's in sad shape, but it's not too late for Pittsburgh. Things will turn around, though it will take a lot of years still, and a lot more decline. It will be economics that drive it, too, not legislation from Harrisburg. The most optimistic new forecasts put geological peak oil production at 2012. Political peak, however, when petroleum exporting countries start hording their resources, will come much sooner, if not already.
Cities will be coming back in a big way, very soon.
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