Author: Blaine S. Hays

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Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780915348534

Transit in the Triangle: A Century Look at Pittsburgh Public TransitThis is a two-volume set.Volume I -- 1900-1964Bulletin 145 of the Central Electric Railfans' AssociationISBN 978-0-915348-45-9copyright 2012Volume II -- The Port Authority Years, 1964-2014Bulletin 152 of the Central Electric Railfans' AssociationISBN 978-0-915348-53-4copyright 2023Publisher's summary for Volume IIPittsburgh began the era of transit public ownership as North America's largest remaining streetcar network, where trolleys wound through narrow streets to climb the city's hills. Today it's a city with a modern light rail line using a downtown subway, and the nation's largest network of busways. In between was a long and winding road with dreams of a modern metro, suburban rail ventures, "mod"ernization of the trolleys, a lengthy flirtation with a "gadgetbahn," and flights of fancy about zipping to the airport. Inside this book: the story of its transit as "Steel City" Pittsburgh became today's "Renaissance City" Pittsburgh.