Comments on: Bellevue City Council Picking B Segment Tonight

By: Zed

Zed — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:59:18 +0000

The light rail station caused a drive-by shooting on the street outside Franklin High School? I guess the police should arrest the light rail station as accessory to a crime.

By: Anandakos

Anandakos — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:52:19 +0000

Oh, I am humiliated. I actually agree with Stormin’ Norman on this topic.

By: Anandakos

Anandakos — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:49:10 +0000

Sherwin,

If the Wilburton Park and Ride is to be expanded to 1000 spaces the difference between 1475 and 1000 is trivial: two trains per day.

Anyway, the capacity is unlikely to be lost if B7/Wilburton is selected. That’s because it’s almost a slam-dunk that either ST will have the cosmic “aha” that the 550 is still needed or MT 226 will be resurrected beginning at the BTC and serving South Bellevue Way/108th and the South Bellevue P&R. Those 475 riders are not going to be “clogging up our roadways”.

There are pros and cons to both B3 and B7 routings, and either can be made compatible with any of the three C segments routings under consideration. Keep your powder dry for the real war over C. In fact, B7 makes the mooted future extension to Issaquah easier than the planned U-turn at the SB P&R.

Cindy,

“This is proven by the fact that no one EVER talks about people getting out of Bellevue, they only talk about getting people to downtown Bellevue.”

There you go again (to quote your favorite President). People talk about folks commuting from downtown Bellevue condos to downtown Seattle and the U district all the time on this blog. In fact, they would like to have a really efficient system with a tunnel in downtown Bellevue to serve all those high-rises around the BTC. No, they’re not all residential, but some are, and more will be if the Bellevue CBD station is in the heart of the density.

In fact it’s YOU who would deprive the folks south of the CBD of the opportunity either to take a short bus hop or drive to the SB P&R and get on the lickety fast Link. Instead, as I mentioned above, they’ll be riding a less frequent ST550 or MT”226″ in the overcrowded HOV lane on the outer roadways of I-90.

So who’s really concerned about the folks in South Bellevue?

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:13:40 +0000

No that can’t be true. Sound Transit tells us that Light Rail Stations don’t promote violence. Put your hands on your computer screen and feel the power of sarcasm.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:12:24 +0000

Just a correction to your cute little comment section here. Light Rail is NOT being built to serve Bellevue. If it were then Sound Transit would actually have to care about Bellevue and the truth is that they don’t give a d*amn about Bellevue. Light Rail is being built for people who don’t live in Bellevue. This is proven by the fact that no one EVER talks about people getting out of Bellevue, they only talk about getting people to downtown Bellevue.

How many are there in a “significant portion”

By: Bellevue City Council Picks…Nothing - Seattle Transit Blog

Bellevue City Council Picks…Nothing - Seattle Transit Blog — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:41:18 +0000

[...] there were a lot of expectations that the Bellevue City Council was going to make a decision on the B segment last night, it [...]

By: Norman

Norman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:01:54 +0000

He said that that particular light rail option could not perform the task of serving the South Bellevue Park and Ride. Ergo, they would not perform the same task. The 550 would perform a task that that light rail option could not perform.

By: johnmocha

johnmocha — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:48:00 +0000

Shooting near Mt. Baker Rail Station

http://www.seattlecrime.com/2010/02/22/major-police-action-at-franklin-high-school

By: Dave Honan

Dave Honan — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:45:01 +0000

(Hint: Look for rubber tires under the vehicle.)

By: ericn

ericn — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:01:00 +0000

And don’t forget, one of these services will be slower to downtown Bellevue, run less frequently on evenings and weekends, and require more transfers to get places (as a result of not continuing on to the U District, Northgate, and Overlake).

By: Dave Honan

Dave Honan — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:42:31 +0000

Wonderful idea — let’s pay for two services that perform essentially the same task!

By: Norman

Norman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:39:00 +0000

“•A significant proportion riders at the South Bellevue Park and Ride use the 550 bus service (Sound Transit’s best performing transit service) to downtown Seattle to commute. How will these riders be served if light rail is relocated to the BNSF corridor? Plans for the 550 service to be eliminated once light rail becomes operational will leave these transit riders stranded.”

Don’e eliminate the 550 service. Problem solved.

By: Dave Honan

Dave Honan — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:54:18 +0000

Please check the URL on the link to CoB’s comment email — it’s coming out as “http://seattletransitblog.com/council@bellevuewa.gov” instead of “mailto:council@bellevuewa.gov”.

By: Crazy Blue

Crazy Blue — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:05:09 +0000

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