The sort of tolling under consideration here and elsewhere in the U.S. is completely different from that proposed for Manhattan. That was "cordon" pricing, and it fell flat in the Big Apple. True congestion pricing makes a lot of sense in metro Puget Sound, contends the author. He explains the difference.
Guess what best-selling author wrote this: "Almost everyone – regardless of income, available time, age, and skills – can do something useful for others and, in the process, strengthen the fabric of our shared humanity."
With The Seattle Times forced to make cuts, I hope they will continue being an unusual paper that puts out a Sunday magazine, with the local version called Pacific Northwest. One good example is an interview with Seattle architect Fred Bassetti, now 91, talking charmingly about life aboard the lovely, wood-embraced houseboat on Portage Bay that he has remodeled over the years.