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DG
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I live. My house must have a better job than me, because its taxes keep going up.
Website: http://kinetic.seattle.wa.us/blog
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Posted Mon, Apr 25, 1:54 p.m.
Oh, I want to put in a word for a traffic calming strategy that sidewalkless neighborhoods ought to have in their toolbox: it's legal to parallel park your cars on the pavement. Try to get everyone on your street, esp. if it is not an arterial, to park with at ...
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 25, 1:47 p.m.
@ ddmiller "my not-paved-but-chipsealed (hot tar sprinkled with gravel http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/chipseal.htm) street" And that tar contains petroleum, which pollutes stormwater (see also 'Part Of The Problem').
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 25, 1:39 p.m.
There are disconnects here. Where sidewalks exist, they are regarded as public, so the city better maintain them 'cause we pay taxes! Where they don't exist but are desired, they are regarded as private (in the words of this article, a 'status symbol'), so pay for them yourselves ya complainers. ...
MOREPosted Sun, Sep 12, 11:39 p.m.
@Rob Fellows "Replicating the utility of cars" is way down the list of PRT features. In addition to the electric/non-polluting advantage, the other main reasons so many people are getting interested in it are 1) automation means potential of 24/7 operation if desired, 2) high energy efficiency, in that there ...
MOREPosted Thu, May 7, 12:05 p.m.
The Masdar project is hopefully a progressive step forward for the UAE. In order to become a partner in the One Planet Living program (World Wildlife Fund and BioRegional), Masdar agreed to follow sustainability principles, which includes the human dimension.
MOREPosted Thu, Jan 15, 2:05 p.m.
I heard from a member of the stakeholder panel that West Seattle would get some kind of streetcar service as part of the bored tunnel project. So problem solved ;-|
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 6, 4:38 p.m.
"Sure. We should be good at it by now." Heh, good one!
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 6, 3:33 p.m.
Interesting idea, Matt. Do we re-condemn the properties that were going to be stations?
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 6, 1:05 p.m.
Gee, if only advocates of innovative transit technologies were as monolithic as you assume. We actually represent a spectrum that includes some who just love PRT or GRT or monorail, to those like me who want a light rail/PRT/bus intermodal solution. I am thankful that the old argument that PRT ...
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 6, 10:08 a.m.
The PRT concept does not hinge on hydrogen. The idea's chief features are (a) on-demand operation, so they don't run around empty (b) small size, meaning they are not mostly empty at non-peak periods, (c) low vehicle weight. These qualities alone add up to energy-per-passenger mile numbers in the 800-1000 ...
MOREPosted Thu, Jul 26, 11:03 a.m.
No 'what if' about it: What if cities had no sidewalks and everyone walked on the road? ...Well, for starters, no one would walk much. A hardy few might brave the streets, but most would stop at, "Walk?! In traffic?!" We already do this in Seattle every day. It's called ...
MOREPosted Tue, Apr 10, 3:36 p.m.
RE: Yes, change the Byzantine culture: Dissumlator? Not sure what that means. You know, if the neighbors can drive an alternate plan that can show adequate general revenues for the zoo absent constantly rising attendance, I would be all for looking at that as a possible Third Way. In addition ...
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 9, 2:46 p.m.
RE: Irene: Irene, you and I are more in agreement about the zoo management than you might think. For example, I loathe the carousel. Totally NOT what a modern zoo is supposed to be about. And I never believed the Zoo Society could deliver on their private fundraising goals. Jensen's ...
MOREPosted Fri, Apr 6, 1:44 p.m.
RE: building our future: I have to disagree with the streetcar part, as a bicycle commuter who takes Phinney/Greenwood almost daily. Existing traffic and looming new congestion points, resulting from the spate of new townhouse clusters, mean the route is already hazardous enough without the embedding of rails in the ...
MOREPosted Fri, Apr 6, 1:36 p.m.
Wrong on both sides: There's so much wrong on both sides of the garage issue. Zoo Society: bunker mentality, and mysterious decisionmaking process inherited from joint operation with the Parks Department. Zoo president was too slow in reaching out to community when she first came to town. The Neighbors: had ...
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