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> Public transit sucks. There is a light rail/trolley line from downtown into the South Hills area. It's great if you live next to it or can get to a park & ri
by theandrewbailey 8y ago
> Public transit sucks.
There is a light rail/trolley line from downtown into the South Hills area. It's great if you live next to it or can get to a park & ride. I hit it on the weekends to bike the trails along the rivers downtown. I haven't used the buses much, but the few times I've needed them, they weren't bad.
The thing that makes Pittsburgh traffic bad is the topography. Outside of downtown, nothing is a grid, and you'll likely have to go through a tunnel. Not only are they narrow (2 lanes in each direction), everyone seems to practically stop for them.
- jachee 8y agoAs a daily user of the PortAuthority bus system, it's far from "Sucks". $100 all-you-can-ride per month means I don't even think about cost, and the Transit app makes route planning super easy.
- PascLeRasc 8y agoAnd it should be getting even better at bus prediction in a few months, Port Authority's installing new sensors. Right now they disabled a bunch of them so Transit's not that helpful but it'll be very good soon.
- jachee 8y agoPlus they've got an API that I'm using to build my own personal route intelligence around. :)
- PascLeRasc 8y agoLooking forward to the Show HN!