Traffic vs. People

This post originally appeared on Orphan Road.

The Seattle Times warms to a surface-street replacement for the viaduct:

If the goal is reasonable replacement of traffic capacity on the waterfront — and elsewhere in Seattle’s north-south corridor — this may prove the only politically viable way to move forward. Literally. A narrow boulevard that accommodates very little traffic is not a good idea, but neither is an Indiana speedway with no traffic lights. Remember, one goal is to reconnect downtown and the waterfront.

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One promising feature of the group’s new approach is a pledge to take a holistic look at the north-south traffic in Seattle. Instead of merely promising to replace daily capacity for 110,000 cars, instead of dumping all those cars onto the waterfront roadway, traffic planners are studying the broader notion of transporting people and products from North 85th Street to South Spokane Street.