Study Searches For Solutions To Pittsburgh's Transit Problems

"Lexington, Ky., Portland, Ore., and Toronto [are] urban areas that have been tying transportation policy to land-use policy as a way to control urban sprawl and provide attractive alternatives to private vehicles. In the Pittsburgh region, the programs envisioned include bike trails, light-rail and busway expansion, low-speed and high-speed maglev, "land-banking" of abandoned railroad rights of way, sharing railroad tracks with freight trains, and making greater use of waterways."