Help, Port Authority Website..

santucci218 · #1 06-12-2008, 09:51 AM

I've been trying to figure this website out and i just cant manage to do it. I can't tell if there is no bus that runs where i need it to go, or if i am just not doing it correctly.

What does inbound and outbound mean exactly...inbound and outbound to what?

im just trying to go from my house to my work....

santucci218 · #2 06-12-2008, 09:54 AM

Website...

http://www.portauthority.org/paac/default.aspx

My home's closest intersection...

bernardi and ramage

my works closes intersection

babcock and hahn

somebody tell me im not crazy...

casualmadness · #3 06-12-2008, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by santucci218

I've been trying to figure this website out and i just cant manage to do it. I can't tell if there is no bus that runs where i need it to go, or if i am just not doing it correctly.

What does inbound and outbound mean exactly...inbound and outbound to what?

im just trying to go from my house to my work....

Typically, inbound means local. As in it will hit all the stops. Outbound means it will go to the final destination only. Though in some places, that means it will stop at major stops.

santucci218 · #4 06-12-2008, 10:34 AM

now my mom is saying that you have to get one going into the city, then one going out of the city to my work...but what i dont get is why couldnt i just get one going from out of the city passed my work...i mean, this is a big city, i dont see why there wouldnt be one going to the most busy street in pittsburgh

Ed Fuqua · #5 06-12-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by casualmadness

Typically, inbound means local. As in it will hit all the stops. Outbound means it will go to the final destination only. Though in some places, that means it will stop at major stops.

??? No LOCAL means it's a local. INBOUND means headed TO Port Authority, OUTBOUND means headed AWAY from Port Authority. So the OP needs to figure out if work is between his house and PA (and take an INBOUND) or if his house is between work and PA (and take an OUTBOUND).

santucci218 · #6 06-12-2008, 12:04 PM

hmm, my work, my home, and PA make a type of a triangle i suppose. To get to my work i must first head twards PA, then turn at a certin point and veer away from it...

Ed Fuqua · #7 06-12-2008, 12:45 PM

That sounds like two buses, dude.

casualmadness · #8 06-12-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua

??? No LOCAL means it's a local. INBOUND means headed TO Port Authority, OUTBOUND means headed AWAY from Port Authority. So the OP needs to figure out if work is between his house and PA (and take an INBOUND) or if his house is between work and PA (and take an OUTBOUND).

Yes...in NYC. However, if you will read my reply, you will se that I told him in some places, inbound and outbound ahve different meanings. In some places, there are no trains called "local." They are inbound or outbound.

santucci218 · #9 06-12-2008, 06:14 PM

yeah, i have not seen one called local....

Ed Fuqua · #10 06-13-2008, 10:15 AM

http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/apps/maps/6C.gif

Any of that look familiar? Took me about 45 seconds to get to this.

CAZMAD - if you take a look at the map, you'll see that on the route, there are a couple of diverging paths; one is marked INBOUND and another OUTBOUND. This denotes that the stops along these streets are only for buses traveling in one direction (prolly one way streets). All the other stops it depends on which side of the street your standing.