Tag: deep bore tunnel
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What we can learn from the tunnel vote loss
Well, our city has voted to invest an astronomical amount of money to build a tunnel for cars. It’s an investment in the past, in pollution and in continued, long-term motor vehicle use. I can’t deny I’m a bit relieved at the thought that the debate, which had long been static, can move on (plus,…
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2011 primary election bike-friendly voter’s guide
It’s voting time again. Odds are, your ballot is sitting in a pile of mail somewhere. Go dig it out. It’s time to vote with your spokes. Seattle Bike Blog is hardly prepared to provide a comprehensive voter’s guide, but here are a few ideas and links to help make sure our policies and elected…
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After remaining neutral until now, Cascade comes out against the tunnel
The Cascade Bicycle Club has remained neutral on the proposed deep bore tunnel, saying they want a solution that makes the city better for cycling. Today, the club announced on its blog that it endorses voting “no” on Referendum 1: The Club has taken the position that any chosen alternative should improve bicycle access to…
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StreetFilms: Highway Removal
MBA_Trailer from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Meanwhile, Protect Seattle Now has gathered 29,000 referendum signatures. They need 16,503 of those to be accepted. Pretty good odds. Polls show only 35 percent of people in Seattle want a tunnel. Studies show far fewer than that will ever use it. Let’s ditch the tunnel idea and just tear…
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Viaduct shutdown idea gaining momentum
The same morning we wrote about the economics of highway removal and suggested we try closing the viaduct, Mayor McGinn was saying something similar on KUOW. So is Michael van Baker at the SunBreak (which has a wonderful new site design, by the way). So is Danny Westneat at Seattle Times. In fact, as Westneat…
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Must read for Viaduct removal skeptics: The economics of highway removal
In a post full to the brim with incredible economic stats, Elly Blue spells out the economic benefits of urban highway removal. Among the incredible bits of knowledge she reveals: “for the $75 million spent repaving three miles of urban interstate, California could have installed 1,250 miles of some of the country’s most expensive bike…
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