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There will be a station at

joshuadf — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:41:50 -0800

There will be a station at 45th and Brooklyn, with entrances on the Ave. The alternative to Husky Stadium was at 15th and Pacific, which is about a 10 minute walk from the Ave, also downhill.

Right, and they haven't

Frank — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:11:00 -0800

Right, and they haven't received the full $813M, either. My point is simply that it's the same money. They're just doling it out in pieces, as needed, but it's the same U-link grant.

Sorry, I could have been clearer about that.

The University didn't want

serial catowner — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:58:06 -0800

The University didn't want the line near their High Energy Physics Lab because...they do stuff like measure the different speeds of time. As it turns out, if your instruments are sensitive enough, you can measure the different rate at which time passes on the surface of the earth compared to the bottom of a very deep mineshaft.

The lab is about a block east of the University Bridge.

That 100 million was part of

alexjonlin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:52:57 -0800

That 100 million was part of the President's proposed budget for next year. Sound Transit in no way received it.

I remember that UW didn't

Gordon — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:39:15 -0800

I remember that UW didn't want LINK to tunnel under the university because the scientist types were concerned about vibrations effecting their experiments ...

this makes some sense although I believe it to be overstated ... however I am wondering why the ROW isn't going under University Way.

University Way should be far enough away from the main buildings of the university ... isn't it? It would seem that the line would have a greater catch-basin running down under the street than it would at Husky Stadium which is kinda far down the hill.

On top of that ... it would negate the need for the 71/72/73 busses. (Or will they be going extinct anyway?)

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.

Well, actually, people don't

serial catowner — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:11:35 -0700

Well, actually, people don't just naturally walk around asking themselves whether the streetcar they just saw has enough riders on it. That line of agitprop comes from the chronic antis. The average guy figures ridership is light in the middle of the day and crowded in rush hours, and apparently this is the case.

And it's not something you can realistically spend a lot of time worrying about. When you build something there will come a time when you have a lot of money tied up in materials that aren't yet what you're building. Almost everyone has at some time bought a flatpack and built a bookcase before they had the books to fill it.

Maybe the painful agonizing choice here is whether you cut headways for almost empty cars. Broad concensus that walking is usually quicker than waiting, buttressed in the Seattleite by years of experience with Seattle buses. Or the Monorail, where you board and wait a half hour for a four-minute trip.

A person would have to be an awful dullard, though, not to realize that the South Lake Union cars will eventually be both frequent and full.

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)

Is this rumor for reals?

DJStroky — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:33:10 -0700

Is this rumor for reals? How does the voting work on the ST Board anyways?