Once they set up remote learning, they just flip a switch and learn from home. Best result for the kiddos would be a 2 hour delay. In person learning, but the streets need to be cleared and teachers be able to arrive.

Lack of tree maintenance. A lot of bad sidewalks are due to roots growing because someone 50 years ago planted an oak tree 2 inches from the sidewalk. I love trees. You have to if you are from here. But... there are some places a person needs to be careful what is planted.

There is no connection from the Ft. Duquesne Bridge to the north east. It's a shame that there didn't seem to be any long term planning of the overarching traffic flows.

It may be gossip and I have no evidence, but my mom played bridge with a woman who worked in the city planning department and was quite a bit older. She said the main planner was a severe alcoholic. Apparently, the city ended up getting help from Robert Moses of NYC (in)famy. Having lived in NYC, I know he is pretty despised and I read the Caro biography which isn't flattering.

However, I also lived in London and the lack of any series traffic planning has dropped the average car and bus speed to horse drawn speeds. I barely drove there and it still was worse than anywhere I've driven.

I just wish there had been a way to provide the road infrastructure in Pittsburgh in a sensitive way. How many junctions on main streets are there in Pittsburgh where the incoming road doglegs half a block or more? There was a point at which things like 28 at Highland Park Bridge and these other problems could've been fixed in a much easier way. I would think by the time government realized the was a problem, there was no money to do anything.

Well, I can give some perspective. My grandparents lived in New Kensington from the 50s to the 90s. We lived in the South Hills.

As the link provided said, there was nothing on the North Side, no links to anything. "28" was no different to 19 in the South Hills, just a label applied to existing local neighborhood roads.

If we wanted to head up, I remember two routes. First, taking the parkway to Monroeville and cutting via back routes to Oakmont to Freeport Road. Second, cutting through the city to Washington Boulevard and taking Allegheny River Boulevard to Oakmont, then cutting across the Allegheny to Freeport Road. Both sucked, especially during rush hour.

Fox Chapel felt less connected than Sewickley, for example.

IIRC, it was well into the 80s before we started using 28. Until some point, you still had to drive around the Heinz plant. Obviously, 279 was a game changer as it started to connect the various major roads. However, with the churches and the rail lines and the existing bridges at 31st and 40th, I never imagined it would ever be like it is now.

Yes, the Highland Bridge Interchange sucks for now. But, when it is finished, it's going to be a route Pittsburghers never could've dreamed of. I don't want to sound booster-ish, but this is one project that has truly changed the local geography.

How so? If everyone merges early, then the through lane can maintain speed. If everyone merges at the last point, it will be continuous stopped traffic, with shorter lines.

I'm an engineer and this logic never made sense to me unless the backed up traffic interfered with other junctions.