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October 21, 2008: Headlines

How to pay for the roads still traveled

Posted Tue, Oct 21, 8:58 p.m.

Notwithstanding increasing mass transit ridership and more prudent use of cars, automobiles will dominate U.S. transportation for decades to come. So how do we pay for roads? Variable tolling is one answer, and in the age of GPS the logical next step should also be explored: a fee on miles traveled everywhere by individual vehicles.

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Pike Place 'Shopping Center'

Posted Wed, Oct 22, midnight

Critics of Seattle's Pike Place Market ballot measure think the Market should be ruled by the market.

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Ballot measures: Hate 'em, but here's how I'm voting

Posted Tue, Oct 21, midnight

Our veteran politico says initiatives and their kin merely make elected representatives lazy. But if we must make policy that way, here's how he views the major issues.

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