Posted Sat, Sep 26, 3:53 p.m.

I'm not sure why the term "walkable city" is conflated with "pedestrian only." There are plenty of places that are walkable while also allowing auto traffic. Pike Pl is a good example. Even Grant Cogswell, who was no friend of the automoble, advocated reopening Occidental Ave through Pioneer Square, the ...

Posted Wed, Jun 25, 11:06 a.m.

RE: Well done series. Kudos to Doug.: As fun as it is to be called out by an incumbent legislator on the interwebs, my beef with you is that you are neither pro nor anti-transit. As was evident at the last Joint Transportation committee, all ya'll Eastside Dems are squishy ...

Posted Tue, Jun 24, 10:29 a.m.

RE: The ad hominems: It's the exceptions that prove the rule. "19th Century technology"??? What about the diesel engined bus? Pretty sure that 19th century too. Do you think, perhaps, that the rail technology of today might be ever so slightly more advanced than the technology of the 1880's? Gosh, ...

Posted Tue, Jun 24, 10:27 a.m.

By riding the bus, I sew the seeds of my own destruction, I guess: Who knew that by riding the bus as my primary form of transportation I would be enabling "the bus is good enough for ye" types like MacDonald? So, because buses are full, we should not build ...

Posted Mon, Jun 23, 6:01 p.m.

Wow, yet another anti-light rail article at the 'cut: Can't say I'm surprised. And a three-parter no less! Well, Doug, welcome to the bus, even if you're a tourist. I ride the bus because I have to. You, not so much.

Posted Thu, Dec 27, 4:32 p.m.

Greeners: Q: How many Greeners does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: None. Greeners don't screw in light bulbs. They screw in dirty sleeping bags.

Posted Fri, Dec 21, 8:18 p.m.

Busted links: All your links are FUBAR, homeskillet.

Posted Thu, Dec 6, 2:56 a.m.

RE: PLEASE ban the scourge of Seattle: While I totally feel your pain on the downtown safety issues (I'm a Regrade-area resident myself), the idea that we can simply "ban the scourge of Seattle" seems really unrealistic. Untreated mental illness is a big issue, what with federal and state dollars ...

Posted Thu, Dec 6, 2:45 a.m.

Don't like homeless people?: Don't give them money. Simple. No new laws needed.

Posted Tue, Nov 6, 5:34 p.m.

No thanks: If you are worried about Seattle having too much power you should support my idea. A majority of the members of the County Council do not live in or represent Seattle. Any transportation governance "reform" ever pitched by Chris Vance GOP-types is always centered on a premise of ...

Posted Fri, Nov 2, 9:32 a.m.

RE: flexcar state tax exemption ?: It is not a car rental company. It is a car sharing company.

Posted Wed, Oct 24, 12:06 p.m.

RE: Sit down before you fall down, chief.: Oops, lines 1 and 3 are not mine, but Tooley's. They should have been blockquoted but weren't.

Posted Wed, Oct 24, 12:04 p.m.

RE: Sit down before you fall down, chief.: There isn't a single thing that's even worthy of responing to in this spurt. You ride the bus 15 years ago, and you then lecture others about how we should trying "living in the real world." To restate my post, yes, there ...

Posted Wed, Oct 24, 11:50 a.m.

RE: more buses won't get people to ride in them.: I don't have much of a problem with the kinds of people who ride public transportation. But, if I had a choice, I'd rather be jammed in a light rail train than a bus for the trip from downtown to ...

Posted Wed, Oct 24, 1:19 a.m.

Sit down before you fall down, chief.: Your solution is more buses? Please. As a regular bus rider, I get to know the limitations of Seattle's sorry-ass bus only transit system. You shudder at the high cost of building rail right-of-way, but propose spending billions on goofy road projects that'll ...

Posted Wed, Oct 24, 1:09 a.m.

RE: more buses won't get people to ride in them.: I haven't ridden the bus regularly lately Then stop pretending to be an expert. Buses are slow and unpleasant. I ride them everyday, so I actually know WTF I'm talking about.

Posted Sat, Oct 13, 2:28 a.m.

Throwing mud, or throwing blood?: That graphic is freaking me out...

Posted Wed, Oct 3, 12:34 a.m.

Raising the gax tax is unpopular?: Really? While the 9.5 gax tax was passed by relatively narrow margins, the misguided fool's errand of an initiative meant to repeal it (I-912) went down to defeat by a larger one. And the next year, many of the Republicans who voted against it ...

Posted Thu, Aug 9, 8:01 p.m.

Dicks represents Everett: No, he doesn't.

Posted Wed, Aug 8, 2:55 p.m.

In the minds of some, ADUs = end of western civilization: ADUs are GREAT for some folks. If you want to live in a quiet neighborhood, renting an ADU is ideal. Great for single folks with a child who can't afford to buy into a neighborhood. (I have noticed that ...

Posted Wed, Aug 8, 11:19 a.m.

At least it's not sex predator housing: A county transportation facility might become housing? Oh noes!

Posted Mon, Aug 6, 1:05 p.m.

RE: Let's see if I am understanding this correctly.: I imagine Liebman is going to push hard for a rezone of at least some of his property at some point in the future. He's buying up SODO on the chance that some day the City of Seattle will allow him ...

Posted Tue, Jul 31, 4:30 p.m.

RE: I hope Bill Gates takes over: Patricia- Well, I think Danny Westneat had a good point a few months back. He used to send his kids to a historically black neighborhood. Several white parents wanted to add enrichment programs but got all sorts of static from black folks who ...

Posted Tue, Jul 31, 1:59 p.m.

I hope Bill Gates takes over: Seattle Public Schools... It's not like he can do any worse than the folks running it now.

Posted Tue, Jul 31, 1:54 p.m.

Kemper Freeman Jr. is personally opposing the package: http://www.truthabouttraffic.org/ That's his website wherein he opposes ST/RTID. Kemper wants to build ten times as much freeway capacity. RTID increases general purpose lanes miles by about 190 miles, hardly a satisfying amount to the scion of Bellevue's elite.

Posted Tue, Jul 31, 11:27 a.m.

SO much crazy, so little time: Kemper Freeman Jr. HATES the package. Why? Because it'll build 50 miles of light rail, some through his hometown of Bellevue. The improvements to 405 pale in comparison to how much of a game-changer light rail will be across the lake. All of the ...

Posted Wed, Jul 25, 6:36 p.m.

Bill Sherman: has the experience to do the job. He is the same age as Maleng was when he was first elected, and has more experience than Rob McKenna did when he was elected AG. This is a seat that has been held by the GOP since the 50's. Perhaps ...

Posted Wed, Jul 25, 9:38 a.m.

Crosscut establishing it's rightwing bonifides?: Nice balance, guys. First Richard Morrill: http://www.crosscut.com/transportation/4308/ Now Emory Bundy! http://crosscut.com/sound-transit/5555/ Is there going to be any PRO-transit arguments made here? And no, I'm not talking about this article by Brewster, which is as lukewarm a defense of rail as could ever be made.

Posted Tue, Jul 24, 4:24 p.m.

RE: Lost in Seattle: Chris- You say that likes it's true!

Posted Wed, Jul 11, 10:18 a.m.

Immigrants: Another case of immigrants taking away jobs from Americans. Sad.

Posted Wed, Jul 11, 10:15 a.m.

RE: No More Ballard "Developers". Period.: Oh noes!!1! Teh developers!!1! New people moving to mah nayborhood!!1! I is freaking out!!1!

Posted Wed, Jun 13, 5:09 p.m.

RE: it's not vigerous life: Well, however its spelled, I was always more familiar with 'strenuous life' being associated with Roosevelt. After all, the name of Roosevelt's (my alma mater) annual is "strenuous life".

Posted Tue, Jun 12, 10:23 a.m.

it's not vigerous life: TR's goal was to live a "strenuous life"

Posted Thu, May 31, 10:40 a.m.

RE: Tip of the Iceberg?: Welcome to teh interwebs, Chuck!

Posted Thu, May 10, 11:32 a.m.

You need to take a look at this before you slag it off: It's not "clean coal" techonology. It's not the burning of coal. During the gasification process, the pollutants are taken out. Carbon dioxide, instead of being pumped into the atmosphere, is then pumped 5,000 feet deep or so. ...

Posted Thu, May 10, 8:54 a.m.

Using the Fischer-Tropsch system, coal could produce: enough 100 percent clean burning diesel fuel to power these little cars or the biggest big rig. Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer is behind this big time. Montana has a huuuuge amount of coal just under the surface. When coal is pressurized into a ...

Posted Thu, Apr 26, 12:40 p.m.

oops: should read "now used"

Posted Thu, Apr 26, 12:39 p.m.

Sweet Jesus: I know "parks activists" threw a fit when Occidental was rehabbed, but the place looks 1000 percent better now. They removed 17 trees, which is sinful, but the place is not used by folks who aren't homeless.

Posted Sun, Apr 22, 6:45 p.m.

That photo is gross.: yikes

Posted Wed, Apr 18, 2:49 p.m.

Yes, I know you don't believe condos are evil. I was being ironical.: I do think is that it's bad policy to encourage high-rise skysprawl for the rich, especially when we get so little in the way of "affordable" housing for the poor in return, and virtually nothing for the ...