Originally Posted by
spinnaker
My advice is to get a nearby hotel if getting in late. Take the surface streets and avoid the trails. If you do that you will be OK.
The bad areas are Homestead, Duquesne and Mckeesport. Hard to avoid Duquesne without taking the trail. But if you must go through Mckeesport at night, take Walnut street and don't wander into back streets and you should be OK. But I would avoid these areas at night if you can.
Thank you! I'm not sure if I'll take the AMTRAK train...I think they changed the schedule but IIRC getting from the campground to the train station would be pre-dawn. The hotel might make sense even if I rent a car for the return to Cumberland...gives more time to explore Pittsburgh incl Bicycle Heaven. Reminds me of recent time I rode to Union Station DC...a guy hanging around advised against locking the bike up outside, heh. (So I wheeled it inside w/no problem.) Union Station 2 blocks from US Capitol but very near some high-crime areas.