"Major Service
Requests 2016" Web Page Problem & Service Request
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To: Jim Ritchie
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From: Glenn A. Walsh
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Well, I just tried the "Major Service Requests 2016" web
page again with a computer at Carnegie Library. The same problem occurred. I
fill out fields 1 through 8 with my contact information. Then, when I hit the
"Next" button, I receive the following error message:
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! The comment you entered is in an
invalid format.
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And, of course, I had made no
comment because I had never gotten to the Comment box!
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At any rate, here is my service
request. Please have it forwarded to the proper department for consideration.
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I would ask that the Port Authority
consider restoring service on the Brown Light Rail Transit Line to Allentown
and Beltzhoover, AT LEAST DURING THE RUSH HOURS !
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1) The infrastructure exists and
will continue to be maintained on that line anyway.
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2) Now that the North Shore
Connector is open (which did not exist when the Brown Line was in service),
people in the Allentown and Beltzhoover neighborhoods
would receive rapid transit service to both Downtown and the Lower North Side.
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3) When Stage I of the Light Rail
Transit System Project was proposed, there was debate (including debate at a
special public hearing in Pittsburgh City Council) about whether the Allentown
Line should be included in the project. One of the reasons the Allentown Line
was included in the project (in addition to being a Light Rail Bypass during
Trolley Tunnel closures) was to ensure that at least one integrated neighborhood
would receive direct benefits of this major public transit improvement.
Allentown and Beltzhoover are both integrated
neighborhoods, unlike most of the rest of the South Hills. Although some
Latinos and African-Americans now live in Beechview,
Allentown and Beltzhoover still have much larger
minority populations.
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Note that in the 1990s, when the International Hostel opened in
Allentown, the Port Authority specifically added Saturday service to the Brown
Line, to serve the International Hostel. Regrettably, the 9/11 attacks killed
international travel for several years, which killed the Allentown Hostel (the
former bank building is now a police station).
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However, now Brown Line service should be restored, AT LEAST
DURING THE RUSH HOURS, to provide a good rapid transit service to both Downtown
and the North Shore for people living in the integrated neighborhoods of
Allentown and Beltzhoover.
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Thanks, Jim, for forwarding this request to the proper department.
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gaw
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