Yesterday afternoon we were trying to jaywalk across 15th when a #10 bus pulled up. We walked past it, hoping to use it for blocking. Another #10 bus pulled up.
Then we looked down the street. Another #10 bus was pulling up. Thanks to a Metro "more frequent service" upgrade, the #10s run every 15 minutes during rush hour -- or even every 15 seconds, if they all get stuck in downtown traffic.
Over on Crosscut , former secretary of transportation Doug MacDonald is finishing up another three-part bus series . Only in his case the bus is the solution, not something that gets in your way and makes you laugh cynically to yourself.
He argues that rail and light rail infrastructure is too expensive, limiting, and time-consuming to implement -- bus rapid transit is the back-to-the-future future. In short form, for those of you who just suffered a mental sprain running into "bus" and "rapid" right next to each other like that, bus rapid transit (BRT) is where you pretend bus...
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A year ago Liberty , the coffeeshop/bar/sushi joint on 15th Ave, had the unmitigated gall to advertise their establishment via posters on telephone poles near their business location. As with the Iraq War, China’s unlawful presence in Tibet, and Crash ’s Oscar win, Liberty’s advertisements resulted in massive protests. Or at least some classic passive-aggressive Seattle behavior, like an "I, Anonymous" submitted to The Stranger and masking tape put on the posters ... more
The first thing that struck us about the 3.15-mile, $1.6 billion project that is the University Link light rail line is that it will have half of the projected ridership of the 16-mile Central Link line. Kinda makes us think they should have started with the U District - Capitol Hill part first. As it is, the Central Link goes online in 2009, University Link in 2016.
We also marveled at how full the room was, for an open house on the design of the Capitol Hill station. (60% of a ... more
Get your name on the official list for Experience Music Project’s 2008 Pop Conference , taking place in our very own Hendrix-drenched, spring-obsessed city from April 10–13. That’s next weekend! This year’s theme is "Shake, Rattle: Music, Conflict, and Change," and EMP has gathered over 160 writers, speakers and musicians to expound on the many facets of the subject. (The conference is completely, gloriously free.)
The many panels we’re excited abo... more
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