Comments on: Mea Culpa

By: I-90 Move Just the Latest - Seattle Transit Blog

I-90 Move Just the Latest - Seattle Transit Blog — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:22:03 +0000

[...] was brilliant for Olympia. If the measure passed, the Central Puget Sound taxpayers would be taxing themselves to pay for the state roads (among others) in their area. If the measure failed, transit opponents would paint the failure as [...]

By: elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:45:23 +0000

Not much of an apology.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:29:22 +0000

You are one step better than a global warming denialist!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:28:38 +0000

I have a post coming on this topic

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:21:06 +0000

Yeah, it’s pretty funny. They have no idea where they are going to get the money to perform any expansions, but they will be damned before they support a new penny spent on rail.

Too bad for them that ideas about transportation have left them behind.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:07:20 +0000

See, having the Stranger on our side was a good thing.

I won’t apologize to the Sierra Club because I’m chewing on my foot after I complained about them owing us a mailer and one suddenly appeared in my mailbox. After I take my foot out of my mouth, I’ll also eat crow.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:04:30 +0000

Give them time– they’re working on their goals of paving over EVARYTHING.

By: Martin H. Duke

Martin H. Duke — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:50:26 +0000

I agree that the world changed a lot between 2008 and 2007, in ways that helped this Prop 1 to pass, and I don’t think these are changes that the 2007 naysayers necessarily foresaw. All the same, their judgment turned out to be correct.

The really bad call was made by the pavement lobby. RTID was the best road deal they might have gotten, and they blew it, blinded by their hatred of light rail.

By: Multimodal Man

Multimodal Man — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:02:05 +0000

Nicely said. So, now with ST2 passed and years away from a so-called ST3, how will this blog pass the time? I imagine many posts about rail’s opening and leading up to that. I would encourage you all to think how you can promote other transit plans and policies. The Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement process probably needs more transit interests to be involved.
Other issues beyond streetcars, commuter rail, light rail and Amtrak are: more bus lanes, improved regional fare collection, expansion of electric trolley bus routes, integration of bus service with Link. I know that many of these topics have been addressed, but it seems they are usually in the context of “and this is why rail rules.”