{"id":2170,"date":"2013-01-02T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2015-01-08T17:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T22:31:40","slug":"people-board-buses-and-trolleys-at-smithfield-and-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/01\/02\/people-board-buses-and-trolleys-at-smithfield-and-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"People board buses and trolleys at Smithfield and Forbes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/02\\\/people-board-buses-and-trolleys-at-smithfield-and-forbes\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 630px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"630\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 630px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"630\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/01\/02\/people-board-buses-and-trolleys-at-smithfield-and-forbes\/attachment\/2171\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"626\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2171\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mfejrsyxuo1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1006\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Tumblr_HTY_11211978_Bus_Stop\\n\\n\\u0022Step gingerly over the slush, button up, wear your scarf and gloves, take it slow, leave work early, hold your temper, don\\u0027t drive if you can avoid it, be patient.... and spring will be here before you know it.\\u0022\\nRobert Pavuchak, Pittsburgh Press\\nPeople board buses and trolleys at Smithfield and Forbes\\nNovember 21, 1982&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tumblr_HTY_11211978_Bus_Stop&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&#8220;Step gingerly over the slush, button up, wear your scarf and gloves, take it slow, leave work early, hold your temper, don&#8217;t drive if you can avoid it, be patient&#8230;. and spring will be here before you know it.&#8221;&lt;br \/&gt; Robert Pavuchak, Pittsburgh Press&lt;br \/&gt; People board buses and trolleys at Smithfield and Forbes&lt;br \/&gt; November 21, 1982&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mfejrsyxuo1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C235&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mfejrsyxuo1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C628&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mfejrsyxuo1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=626&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"626\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"626\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"(Photo by Robert Pavuchak, The Pittsburgh Press)\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 626px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> (Photo by Robert Pavuchak, The Pittsburgh Press) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Nov. 21, 1982:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Remember when \u2018Bicentennial Tour Trolleys\u201d used to run downtown? Remember when buses looked like the one in this picture?<\/p>\n<p>This Pittsburgh Press photo was taken in 1982.\u00a0The description below the photo read more as an advice column for people dreading winters in Pittsburgh, and closed with a hopeful end: \u201cStep gingerly over the slush, button up, wear your scarf and gloves, take it slow, leave work early, hold your temper, don\u2019t drive if you can avoid it, be patient\u2026. and spring will be here before you know it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahhh, spring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when buses looked like the one in this picture?<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/01\/02\/people-board-buses-and-trolleys-at-smithfield-and-forbes\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>People board buses and trolleys at Smithfield and Forbes<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[946],"tags":[964,1016,1031,1244,1049,1052],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mfejrsyxuo1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C1006&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6549,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2016\/02\/17\/pittsburgh-street-cars-and-trolley-lines\/","url_meta":{"origin":2170,"position":0},"title":"Pittsburgh&#8217;s romance with street cars and trolley lines","date":"February 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Street cars were hated, hated by auto owners, by jaywalkers, by people who never used them, a familiar sentiment one observes today towards PAT buses.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/streetcars028.jpg?fit=1200%2C833&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2135,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/01\/17\/trolleys-on-fifth-avenue-in-oakland\/","url_meta":{"origin":2170,"position":1},"title":"Trolleys on Fifth Avenue in Oakland","date":"January 17, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Streetcars figured prominently in Pittsburgh\u2019s history and carried many students to classes at the University of Pittsburgh.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mgq36sDIYQ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1080%2C849&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":279,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2014\/09\/08\/pittsburgh-the-quiet-city-of-the-1950s\/","url_meta":{"origin":2170,"position":2},"title":"Pittsburgh, the quiet city of the 1950s?","date":"September 8, 2014","format":"gallery","excerpt":"How were nearly 700,000 people able to find moments of quiet and solitude amidst the din?","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_nbg2t0JjLI1rr5swxo5_r1_1280.jpg?fit=1080%2C893&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6048,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2015\/11\/04\/the-streaker-who-looked-like-an-alien\/","url_meta":{"origin":2170,"position":3},"title":"Pittsburgh streaker who &#8220;looked like an alien&#8221;","date":"November 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In a legendary lost picture, man is missing an intergluteal cleft","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/digs.1974311Streaker013.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2617,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/21\/march-8-1936-ice-jams-on-the-mon-the-winter\/","url_meta":{"origin":2170,"position":4},"title":"\u00a0Ice Jams on the Mon","date":"August 21, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The winter of 1936 dropped more than 63 inches of snow on Pittsburgh.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m92nf92tbV1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C771&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6588,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2016\/03\/09\/fainting-bertha-and-other-rats-of-pittsburghs-underworld\/","url_meta":{"origin":2170,"position":5},"title":"Fainting Bertha and other &#8220;rats&#8221; 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