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 [...]
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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 drive [...]
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By Frank on March 9, 2010
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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By serial catowner on February 25, 2010
In a sense it’s a darned shame the transit to the eastside is moving so fast. In a short time (as these things go) public opinion would support twice as much transit for the same money.
This seeming miracle, of course, would be accomplished by using the land and right-of-way the public already owns. [...]
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By serial catowner on February 24, 2010
In a general sort of way I learn that Portland is planning to spend $613 million on bicycling over the next 20 years. Details are few, the picture uninspiring.
Hopefully, some bike paths will be built, and doing some painting of lanes is probably a good idea. But my idea of making bicycle commuting [...]
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By Frank on February 22, 2010
One neighborhood in the Puget Sound is eager to get light rail. Another neighborhood is trying to find ways to keep it out.
Guess which neighborhood is actually getting light rail?
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By serial catowner on February 19, 2010
…or, the years the locusts ate. The outline of the future is now reasonably clear- in order
to keep a liveable climate, humanity will live in buildings on transit lines, and this society
has to be built in the next 20 years. You can stop thinking about the next car you’re going
to buy.
Some readers may [...]
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By Frank on February 13, 2010
This is a bit off-topic for this blog, but it’s infrastructure related, so why not?
The Mayor’s office recently announced its intent to respond to a Request for Information (RFI) from Google to provide high-speed broadband to the city. This isn’t the first time a Seattle Mayor had a plan for city-wide broadband.
In [...]
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By serial catowner on January 26, 2010
Underlying a lot of my thinking these days is one basic thought, which apparently hasn’t occurred to a lot of people- that somewhere around 2020 people are going to realize that to save the world, everything has to change. Everything. To cut carbon releases to the bone it will be necessary to house [...]
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