I took a break from Pittsburgh and did some travelling. Then, I saw a plane, helicopter and a flock of birds flying together in a cloudy sky. If you follow my post and comments, you would know that I was ill because I was secretly travelling. I did not want to officially announce it on my blog because I did not want to break the flow of articles I have prepared to post.
I travelled through a world's iconic location and I have a quiz for you. From the picture below, can you guess which iconic place in the world I have been?
Write your guess in the comments below and tell me which part of the picture affected your decision. To give everyone a fair chance to guess, I will announce the location in the comments of this article sometime on Saturday (Eastern Standard Time). So please visit my blog again for the actual location if you are commenting before Sunday.
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Cycling in Pittsburgh is a growing thing. Like most cities, the hype of biking as transport/leisure is evident. However, I do not see people giving up their cars for bikes as much as some cities in the world. People are cycling more for leisure than transportation. Could it be due to the hilly terrain or the transport infrastructure? With this said, more bike lanes are appearing throughout Pittsburgh.
For cycling related events in Pittsburgh, check out Bike Pittsburgh!
For Pittsburgh public bike sharing system, check out Healthy Ride Pittsburgh.
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In today's article, I experimented with my iPhone's panoramic feature and captured the meeting point of the three rivers. I have always wanted to use the panoramic feature on my phone but may be due to lack of creativity, have never found the opportunity. Until during two weeks ago, during my trip on the Duquesne Incline (see my last week post), I managed to capture the area where the three rivers, Monongahela River, Allegheny River and Ohio River, meet.
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Sometimes life is more complicated than it needs to be. It is illusion and perception that distract us. Often, to prevent a rare occasion from happening, people’s daily activities will be affected.
Take a look at the above photo. To warn a rare incident of a motorist from driving/riding the wrong direction from occurring, many precautions have been put into placed. However, if you walk or cycle into downtown Pittsburgh from Duquesne Incline through the Fort Pitt Bridge, there will be lots of signs informing you to ”Do Not Enter” and you are heading the “Wrong Way”. Let’s step back and look at it from the bigger picture.
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The public transport in Pittsburgh is complicated and extremely confusing to me (the existing system during the time this article was published). Let me explain generically the existing bus system.
There two ways you can pay your fare: either the exact amount in cash or using a ConnectCard (a lot of colleges in the city have it together with the college/university ID card). On principle, when you flag down the bus, you must check whether it is an inbound or outbound from downtown Pittsburgh. For inbound services you pay when you board and outbound services, you pay when you alight. These concepts can get confusing when you board from downtown or when you are new to the route. It always caught me off guard and I am still confused with the system after living in the city for more than 6 months. So I always ask the driver instead.
As there are two entrances to the bus, due to the way you pay your fare, you can board the bus only from the front for inbound buses and either entrance when you alight. And only alight the bus from the front entrance for outbound buses, while you can board from either entrance. I always board and alight from the front just in case. I find it much easier this way...
The fares are divided into three zones: Free, Zone 1 and 2. Remember to get your transfer ticket from the driver if you are changing services to complete your journey.
Good News! After learning all these concepts and protocols, the entire bus system is going to change beginning January 1, 2017. It's going to be a single fare system. You can enter only from the front and exit the bus from the rare entrance. No more transfer tickets and discounted fares when you use your ConnectCard. At the time of this article, from the Port Authority website*, you will have to pay USD2.75 (full fare) if you pay by cash and USD2.50 when you pay using your ConnectCard. The ConnectCard is still free at the time of this article, but it will soon have a fee of USD1.00. So, if you are coming to Pittsburgh, this is something to take note. To find out more about these changes do check out the special Website that the Port Authority has created - *http://simple.portauthority.org
If there are any more things that you think I have missed out or interpreted incorrectly, please leave a comment below. Also, please note that I am not paid to say any of the content in this article. All information I have provided is from my own research and could be wrong, so please always check with the Port Authority - http://www.portauthority.org
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