{"id":19998,"date":"2013-02-19T14:30:46","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T19:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=19998"},"modified":"2013-02-19T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T19:30:46","slug":"pittsburgh-zipline-proposed-from-mt-washington-to-north-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/02\/pittsburgh-zipline-proposed-from-mt-washington-to-north-shore\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh: Zipline proposed from Mt. Washington to North Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s edition of &#8220;it&#8217;s a crazy idea, but it just might work&#8221; there is a proposal to build a $3 million zipline over the Ohio River in Pittsburgh. <em>KDKA-TV<\/em> has more details &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburgh.cbslocal.com\/2013\/02\/07\/mt-washington-to-north-shore-zip-line-proposal-awarded-grant\/\">Mt. Washington To North Shore Zip Line Proposal Awarded Grant<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A proposed zip line that would sail from Mount Washington to the North Shore has been awarded a grant. It would cross the Ohio River at 50 miles-per-hour with a 400-foot drop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/CBSPIT.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=535325;hostDomain=video.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=385;playerHeight=255;isShowIcon=true;clipId=8338389;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.PITTS%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed'><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/video.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A ride would take about a minute and cost $30. I wonder if there would be a commuter discount. <\/p>\n<p>I have no idea if there is a business model for this but I&#8217;m intrigued, because if it works there, perhaps it could work elsewhere. I&#8217;m skeptical D.C. can get one (Rosslyn to Georgetown?) because of the National Park Service and well, tophography. Who knows, maybe one from the Jersey Palisades into Manhattan would work. Perhaps a re-purposing of the Roosevelt Island trams&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s edition of &#8220;it&#8217;s a crazy idea, but it just might work&#8221; there is a proposal to build a $3 million zipline over the Ohio River in Pittsburgh. KDKA-TV has more details &#8211; Mt. 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