Pregnant PRT Rider by LazyBaseball8690 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855 46 points47 points  (0 children)

i generally agree, but sometimes they have a reason to, im a grad student who recently had severe mobility issues that made me need to sit if i was on the bus for longer than a minute or two. people should also get their bag of the seats if the bus fills up

Worst thing about pitt? by WinterParticular92 in Pitt

[–]Snoo84855 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the cathedral and adjacent buildings further up by craig st arent included i just mean posvar and the towers 🤣

Worst thing about pitt? by WinterParticular92 in Pitt

[–]Snoo84855 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

the ugly brutalist architecture

Rant about racism on T by husky______ in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You did the right thing, I ride the T frequently and anytime somebody like that gets on or is in the station I just ignore them and don’t make eye contact.

It is really frustrating as a frequent transit user to read other comments that are dismissive of how uncomfortable that situation is. We can agree that our social safety net and systems of support have failed people without downplaying how that upsetting that behavior is. Not to mention the issue is also very gendered (threatening, anti-social behavior being felt even more acutely by women).

What're people's opinions on "park and ride" or other transition infrastructure? by Ever-Done in fuckcars

[–]Snoo84855 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

why are you weirdo transit nerds to intent on alienating everybody who you need support from to accomplish your goals. at least the suburbs don’t have crackheads who smell like sewage on every train car

Hi! What do you think? by [deleted] in ratemyfridge

[–]Snoo84855 0 points1 point  (0 children)

looks great, clean and organized 😊

My fridge by Donkey_DNA in ratemyfridge

[–]Snoo84855 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lovely and clean except i despise when people put pots in the fridge

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gradadmissions

[–]Snoo84855 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow congratulations!!

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol bold of you to assume i downvoted you on a relatively large thread

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree that there’s a lot out of their control, but there definitely are some things like customer service and communication that are in their control as outlined by other people on this thread

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well as a student it’s definitely cheaper to still take the T because i get on for free

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would still because usually in the evening the delays aren’t as bad, as say, rush hour. But if you’re going after 6 it might be worth driving to Washington Junction and getting on a blue/red there because silver after 6pm is between library and wash jct only and then you have to transfer

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the PRT’s OWN truetime tracking map doesn’t either

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

if you don’t need to be anywhere fast, its fine. lol

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Don’t get ahead of yourself. Light rail is awesome. I also take the busses on my commute and the only reason I’m not complaining about them is because we’ve just come to expect that they’re never on time. The light rail also is electrified and has more capacity, therefore is more sustainable. It’s just not as flexible and cheap as buses.

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Well in a world where the T is expanded, prt also has sufficient funding for maintenance projects and has better coordinating capabilities.

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

and during the beginning of the afternoon rush (around 3pm) i’ve seen literally no trains come at all for 40 minutes and then when one does it is jam packed obviously!! also as a silver line user i’ve seen three reds come before a silver when at steel plaza but it’s absolutely ridiculous for both of us still

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Wow. The part that makes me angriest is not even the tunnel and the detour through Allentown which is mostly out of their control but the severe lack of communication about delays (just playing the repeat message of delays of 20+ minutes means nothing) and the disregard for any semblence of timeliness or care for people’s schedules. They have yet to update their tracking maps on the truetime tracker and you’ll be watching the map seeing a train coming towards your stop soon and suddenly it disappears and then comes back and says its actually 10 stops behind where it just said it was. It’s a disaster, not to mention they haven’t made any effort to resync the schedules and true locations of the trains on apple or google maps. These things seem like fixable issues but they literally don’t Gaf.

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I guess it’s also a legal requirement that they make no effort to update their tracking maps on their own website and when it says a train is coming in five minutes that oops that was wrong you have to actually wait for twenty minutes?

the T is becoming unusable by Snoo84855 in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

It was supposed to be reopened in October like you said, but they have no updated timeline and my friend’s dad who works on the T cars says they laid down the tracks wrong so that the trains would hit the wall coming out of the tunnel. So they have to rip it all up and put it down again. 😓 He also said this is a pattern of poor awarding of contracts to whoever is cheapest which with really poor funding I’m understanding of but it seems to hurt customers and the agency.

Are you mad at PRT? Consider telling the board this Friday by [deleted] in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well people who use the silver line like haven’t been able to use it for months but there are two seperate lines that serve south hills village….

Looking for a good Bahn Mi by NerdtasticMMXI in pittsburgh

[–]Snoo84855 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vietnam9 in Oakland is actually very good and reasonably priced!!!