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It seems like many people are taking the approach that if an idea doesn't totally solve all aspects of a problem it's no good. Like the old saying, "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." Urban food forests aren't going to be perfect, but they could contribute in many ways and are cheaper and more practical than some other solutions.

Exactly! Maybe our hot weather doesn't compare to Tuscon's but it still gets uncomfortable and causes heavy energy use for air conditioning. Look at neighborhoods like Squirrel Hill or Point Breeze for example where almost every residential street has long-established shade trees. Then look at Morningside which is also a generally pleasant neighborhood but has a sparse tree canopy making it feel not as nice.

Stop harassing me and get a life.

https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2010/01/02/iBurgh-app-takes-its-place-at-last-on-iPhones/stories/201001020208

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/pittsburgh-snow-plow-tracker-location-website-city/46364243/

Social protest and just beep your horn over every bump they will be removed quickly

And what about wasting disease? I'm not really knowledgeable about eating game, but I just get this feeling that it might be polluted and possibly diseased.

I think the finger has to be pointed back at ourselves. We as individuals are the ones responsible for driving leaded-gas fueled personal automobiles and painting our houses with lead paint. It's clearly us, the individual citizens, who are to blame. If anything, many people argued against regulations when they were first enacted.

Put simply it isn't big business that put lead into our soil. We don't get to blame someone else for this one.

And they are almost effortless to grow.

The American Cancer Society has a transportation program! https://www.cancer.org/support-programs-and-services/road-to-recovery.html

zTrip might be a good option. I work at a nursing facility and we use them quite often for our patient’s appointments.

Have you talked to his insurance provider?

Oh, cool, a Google Search dump. Does any of that help you add substance to:

>Peduto was a city council member for 12 years. He was hands on in the technology departments at the city and worked on updating systems.

If your Dad's over 60, look at this option: https://www.sewickleyymca.org/transportation

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What are you even trying to argue about? Here are some more news articles but it’s hard to get go as far back as when he was city council because there are so many more news articles form when he was mayor.

https://www.wesa.fm/national-international-news/2016-10-10/interactive-website-maps-and-tracks-city-building-permits-in-real-time

https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2017/06/19/peduto-administration-overhauling-city-s.html

http://otma-pgh.org/news/community/city-pittsburgh-offers-more-online-permitting-options-latest-phase-onestoppgh

https://pittnews.com/article/22908/archives/councilman-bill-peduto-marches-to-his-own-drumbeat/amp/

https://bikepgh.org/2006/11/28/thank-you-councilman-peduto/

https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/faculty-research/profiles/peduto-william/

Possibly, Access would work. https://myaccessride.com/is-access-for-me/

Really frustrating to see people commenting about "what about the wildlife?!" as though animals don't also exist in this world and need to eat? I totally understand the issue of deer overgrazing, especially in the parks. It's a big problem. But another big problem is this anthropocentric worldview that doesn't take into account the multitude of other living things that also your neighbors. When humans take away green space for development, the wildlife are left with nowhere else to go but your backyards and nothing else to eat but what's growing there.

I totally support more food forests for everyone, human and non-human alike

So you're referencing a puff piece from 2016 as an example of something Peduto did while he was a Councilman? Maybe not...but I wonder if any of the folks in this thread who have interacted with the inspection and permitting process might have a different take on what has been achieved there?

https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-pittsburgh-building-inspection.html

Like it or not, PGH had positive national press prior to Peduto's administration. Even while Ravenstahl's stature crumpled, the good press kept on going. I think it's fair to point out that this press cycle isn't tied directly to individual mayors in reality. Ravenstahl didn't come in and turn PGH around by himself, nor did Peduto...but both made contributions in that regard.

>He was hands on in the technology departments at the city and worked on updating systems.

Um - I worked in that department at the time, I know pretty well what he did and didn't do. I don't think "hands-on" is an accurate description. Among the things he did was express that tech wasn't his forte. What systems are you claiming that he updated? I'll be interested to hear about these.

>Gainey spent some time in random jobs at the city level

Gainey was Ravenstahl's Economic Development Manager.

>Ravenstahl was a joke.

We could have a discussion on Ravenstahl's merits and demerits, there were many of each. I'd like for that discussion to be informed, though...so I'll hold off on that for now.

Fix the problem, not the symptom. Poverty and homelessness.

Maybe she tried to go to Bloomfield first, and it ended poorly for her, and that's why she showed up at Bakery Square in a shitty mood.

Thank you. I didn't know where to go to get this done.

Saw a man pooping in the middle of the road in Portland during rush hour. Between that and having to hopscotch around piles and puddles there and LA, I’m honestly somewhat disgustingly desensitized to it by now…