By serial catowner on March 14, 2010
An alarming thing can happen to a mild-mannered transit advocate when they hear the word ‘ferry’. Suddenly they go all Robert Moses on you, demanding superferries, super terminals, and super highways to encourage sprawl on the west side of Puget Sound. As for what the locals may think of all this, why, they must not [...]
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By joshuadf on March 14, 2010
So Drive to Work Day is coming up on April 1. While we could do the same old drive to our own workplaces, to go along with the custom Link signs we could also: to highlight East Link, get up early and fill South Bellevue and Mercer Island park and rides with Zipcars, then all [...]
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By Frank on March 9, 2010
View Larger Map Martin’s post about Mercer Island link reminds me how under-appreciated (at least by me!) Mercer Island’s light rail stop is. Two stops in one direction to downtown Seattle, two stops in the other direction to (or somewhat in the vicinity of) downtown Bellevue. Mercer Island is primarily suburban, of course, but there [...]
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By Matt the Engineer on March 5, 2010
I’m a fan of tearing down the Viaduct, think we should downscale our ferry terminal, and believe we should get rid of 520 as well. Just as road capacity creates sprawl, reducing capacity builds density. It will be painful at first, as people increase their commute times until they decide to move near their job, [...]
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By Matt the Engineer on March 3, 2010
Apropos of nothing, let’s consider how car ferries impact Seattle’s waterfront. Even in a car-based world it makes little sense to put such a large source of cars right in the middle of the city. In such a world it’s a bit of a stretch to think of a far-west sider driving on to a ferry to drive [...]
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By serial catowner on March 3, 2010
In a sense, Sound Transit delivered itself bound hand and foot to the Bellevue City Council, when it betrayed its eagerness to stop in downtown Bellevue. In making their desire so manifest, ST opened the door to demagoguing politicians, who could campaign against a downtown location, or demand expensive tunneling, without paying the price of [...]
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