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On NIMBYs
If you’ll forgive me being pedantic for a moment, I’d like to push back against the corruption of the term NIMBY to mean “anyone who opposes a project.” The meaning of a NIMBY, although it’s not clear from the acronym, is someone who doesn’t question the value of a project, but always has reasons it …
NIMBYs
There have been a couple of comments recently about HB 1490 that basically plead for us not to call people NIMBYs, arguing that people have legitimate concerns, etc, etc. First of all, we reject the premise that density and walkability make a neighborhood worse. At the same time, people have a different aesthetic sense of …
Midweek Roundup: Unfinished Metropolis
Reminder: Link service in Downtown will close early on Friday. Discussion about the Ballard Link Extension continues on yesterday’s article. Update: All Metro buses will stop for a moment Thursday at 2:54am and 2:54pm in memorial for slain bus driver Shawn Yim. Details in a comment below.
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Open Thread 44
It’s been a couple weeks, so the roundup is longer than usual. Today, a total solar eclipse will pass over much of the central and eastern United States. Countdown Clocks: April 27, 11:02am: First East Link Starter Line Train from South Bellevue Station. Discover the 2 Line. August 30, 10am(?): Lynnwood Link Extension (1 Line). …
Open Thread 18: Rethink the Link
“Rethink the Link“: A West Seattle movement advocates the “No Build” EIS alternative for West Seattle Link. This one seems to be not just nimbys but people concerned about effective transit. As this blog has discussed, existing bus routes fan out from the West Seattle Bridge in a stick-shift pattern, connecting West Seattle neighborhoods to …
Stay Healthy Streets aren’t bold, they’re a layup
One of the better local initiatives to come out of the pandemic are Stay Healthy Streets, roads minimally reconfigured (usually by putting a sign in the roadway) to prioritize non-auto uses. Theoretically, these roads are for local access only. There’s a happy narrative where Seattle stood up to the car interests and the NIMBYs in …
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