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Speaking of airports, did Crosscut really survey the various airport transportation options without realizing that the 194 bus goes straight there?
Yes, yes they did.
The problem with Crosscut is that, despite its (rumored) low readership numbers, it actually gets read by most of the bigshots who make policy in this town. Which is a problem, and I’m not really sure what to do about it…
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It’s almost here. What a project:
To create the level plateau on which to build the runway, the port brought in 13 million cubic yards of fill and relocated three million cubic yards of soil already on the site.
To hold that fill in place, the airport construction team created three huge retaining walls, the largest of which is 1,430 feet long and some 130 feet tall.
The gravel and the soil used to create that plateau had to pass forensic inspections to ensure it was clear of contaminants and similar in composition to the rocks and soil already at the site.
“We had to find gravel that originated in the same place in Canada and that was transported here by the glaciers as the gravel that was here on the site,” said King.
The reasoning behind such a requirement is that water that leached through the fill would pick up minute traces of the minerals in the fill, drain into the creeks and confuse or damage native salmon returning to those creeks.
The article also lists some pretty innovative improvements going on at the airport besides the 3rd runway, including a bird detection radar, the rental car terminal, and a new system that will pipe the terminal’s air conditioning to the planes waiting at the gate, so they don’t have to run their engines while they board.
September service updates are also out there for Community Transit and Pierce Transit. Remember that CT fares go up at that time too.
Metro has also released their September service revisions. It’s good to see the Transit Now service continuing to roll out, in spite of all the budget problems. Highlights:
Route by route comments are posted here.
Via commenter Oran.
This post originally appeared on Orphan Road.
Hey everyone. Its been a while since I posted on here. I got back about a week ago now and I’m trying to get back into the groove. I’ll be helping out the Mass Transit Now campaign in the next 8 weeks, which I hope all of you will as well.
Today I attended a little pre-kickoff kickoff to the Mass Transit Now campaign where Larry Phillips gave a very good speech pointing out that when he was 19 the region was in the exact same position as we are now, and it would be irresponsible for us to do the same thing to future generations (thus prompting the photo above). Sooo lets get this thing going!!! Orphanroad seams to have quieted down a bit since I left and we need to get everyone pumped up and excited again.
Over the next few weeks (or months depending on how much time I have) I’ll be posting about some of the amazing things I saw in Europe. I think a lot of it will be about how they solve the same exact problems we have here but differently, and most of the time better. Also I took ton of photos (5000+) so most everything will be accompanied by photos to give you a better idea of what I’m talking about.
Pretty good stuff:
Sound Transit’s proposed $22 billion light rail expansion plan could cut car and truck travel as much as 30 percent, reduce carbon dioxide pollution by nearly 100,000 tons a year and save consumers $41 million annually in reduced fuel costs if voters approve the plan and commuters switch to transit, according to a new study.
Check out the new-look Yes campaign website, masstransitnow.org, it looks really great.