Orphan Road - lightrail - Comments

Oops...my mistake. I'm

joshkelley — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:17:05 -0700

Oops...my mistake. I'm dating myself, but I wasn't a voter at the time, so really didn't care. For some reason, I was "hearing" Sound Move and thinking Transit Now. Don't ask why.

Joshua Kelley

If KC Councilmember Larry

Oran — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:04:28 -0700

If KC Councilmember Larry Phillips, a strong supporter of light rail, runs for King County Executive against Sims and gets elected and Prop 1 fails, we might see a that as a possibility.

I guess there's always the

Frank — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:52:53 -0700

I guess there's always the option that Metro takes over the light rail and starts planning (and funding) its own King-County-centric extensions. Though that'd never happen until Sims leaves office. Add 10-20 years to the timeline.

Either way, if Prop 1 fails

jessejb — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:21:13 -0700

Either way, if Prop 1 fails its time to look for a new city to spend my young years in. Seattle will have proved that the bitter eldery anti-everything nimbys have this city by the balls. Good luck attracting a young, dynamic workforce that demands cities with real city transit.

Although I expect it to pass, soooo....

Sound Move was the name of

chrisb — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:54:30 -0700

Sound Move was the name of the 1996 plan that was approved by voters.

An awful lot of metros close

SteveM — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:44:24 -0700

An awful lot of metros close in the middle of the night, I think largely because that's the best time to clean them. The ones that are open all night (New York, Chicago) aren't always known for cleanliness.

That said, it does seem like running until after last call would be a good idea...

Guess you'll just have to

Frank — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:50:37 -0700

Guess you'll just have to find an after-hours club and stay out until 5am, Jesse. :)

Wait 1am??? Thats borderline

jessejb — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:36:06 -0700

Wait 1am???

Thats borderline useless then to use the rail for "going out" purposes. I was looking forward to being able to head out to lots of other neighborhoods from downtown but I guess thats a bust.

Anyone riding the train at

Matt the Engineer — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:38:00 -0700

Anyone riding the train at 2am won't mind a few drunk people on with them. Staying open until the bars close would definitely get quite a few drunk people off the road.

And that'll just be the

BenSchiendelman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:01:33 -0700

And that'll just be the first round of construction. :) Just wait until we're out of SLU and Belltown space.

Why did they choose not to

JoshMahar — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:25:48 -0700

Why did they choose not to do a North Cap. Hill/Montlake stop and what are the possiblities of putting one in if or when the area densifies (although North 15th is pretty crackin already, who doesn't love Hopvine)?

Perhaps it does. In a

joshkelley — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:44:52 -0700

Perhaps it does. In a previous version, I had it going to Redmond, but saw only 9 stations on the current map at ST. Going out to Overlake TC gave me 10, so I just dropped the last one.

I think the new East Link

rizzuhjj — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:11:30 -0700

I think the new East Link still goes to the Overlake Transit Center, which for crazy reasons is different than Overlake Hospital and Overlake Village. (http://www.future.soundtransit.org/news_pr_2008_07_10.aspx)

Cool. But confusingly

SteveM — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:29:26 -0700

Cool. But confusingly named, if you ask me. I read the headline as touting "(super light) rail" rather than "super (light rail)", so I was expecting to read about a smaller, lighter vehicle.

I don't blame them for

pwk — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:46:14 -0700

I don't blame them for desperately wanting light rail if this and more like it gets built there:

http://www.symphonyliving.com/