weee... maybe cyclocross racing has practical relevance to bike commuting after all!
Slick Roads in HP, Shadyside, Oakland
It appears as if an inbound 71A was dumping oil this morning. Negley, Center, and Fifth are downright dangerous, with a nice layer of oil coating the already wet streets.
Be aware, especially around intersections. I spun out once, and locked my rear wheel once, too.
weee... maybe cyclocross racing has practical relevance to bike commuting after all!
I wanna see beer hand-downs to peds on the Hot Metal Bridge.
Did you 311 it? That's probably a good thing to call in about.
Just verified this with the PAT Police:
If you see a PAT bus with a serious mechanical problem, esp one that causes a dangerous driving condition for other traffic, get the bus # (and route if you have it) and call PAT Police at 412-255-1350.
ALL buses drip water off the right rear corner. This comes from the A/C unit to dehumidify the interior, which runs all year even on cold days. (So do most cars.) Be sure what you're seeing is really oil or some other non-water fluid, then call it in.
I didn't actually see a bus dripping anything, but using my supreme powers of deductions, figured that since the right hand side of the road along the 71A route was snot slick a bus just may have been suffering from a mechanic issue.
I had a car a few years back that developed a really bad oil leak. I was adding a quart of oil every 75 miles. Lots of cars and trucks out there go through a quart every 500 or so. So it isn't necessarily buses.