I can absolutely appreciate the fact that your car gets you where you need to go, when you want to go, at a price that you've been able to reconcile. However, as a taxpayer I pay into the roads you're driving on so aren't you enjoying your quality of life at some of my expense? Additionally, you can only use your car flexibly, efficiently, and with no tight schedules in a low traffic setting, so maybe you'll let me know when you find a way to decrease traffic logjams by any other method than building new roads;-)
For what it's worth, I live in the Seward Park area, nowhere near the proposed Western line and I cannot foresee a time where it will be beneficial for me to use the proposed route. That being said there are a large number of people whose quality of life would improve from the line being built. So as much as it pains me to renew my registration (monorail included) on a car I never drive, I do it.
I don't claim that there is even a small group of people that would like to go from Ballard to "freakin'" West Seattle, just that there is no bus line that follows this route. There are a large number of people however that would like to get to/from various places along the proposed line, evidenced by the convincing acceptance of multiple monorail initiatives. Thankfully, Seattle taxpayers will NOT fund (as the article suggests) an 11 billion dollar monorail that had an original cost estimate of 2 billion.
This is a ridiculous post! Do tell, what bus line follows the proposed route? During the height of bus travel you cannot get from West Seattle to Ballard in under an hour while having to transfer at least once. This is best-case scenario, without introducing external factors (wreck, Mariners Game, etc). Additionally, I work downtown and am unaware of any parking for less than $5, the majority of lots charge from $7-$10. Given the price of gas I'd love to see a "per ride" cost breakdown of how driving a car is more cost effective than Seattle public transit.
The truth is that no matter what the alternative, you would probably choose to roll your car to work. Most likely your "anger" stems from sitting in your expensive car in the midst of the worst traffic problem in the country, while burning exceedingly expensive fuel.
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I can absolutely appreciate the fact that your car gets you where you need to go, when you want to go, at a price that you've been able to reconcile. However, as a taxpayer I pay into the roads you're driving on so aren't you enjoying your quality of life at some of my expense? Additionally, you can only use your car flexibly, efficiently, and with no tight schedules in a low traffic setting, so maybe you'll let me know when you find a way to decrease traffic logjams by any other method than building new roads;-)
For what it's worth, I live in the Seward Park area, nowhere near the proposed Western line and I cannot foresee a time where it will be beneficial for me to use the proposed route. That being said there are a large number of people whose quality of life would improve from the line being built. So as much as it pains me to renew my registration (monorail included) on a car I never drive, I do it.
I don't claim that there is even a small group of people that would like to go from Ballard to "freakin'" West Seattle, just that there is no bus line that follows this route. There are a large number of people however that would like to get to/from various places along the proposed line, evidenced by the convincing acceptance of multiple monorail initiatives. Thankfully, Seattle taxpayers will NOT fund (as the article suggests) an 11 billion dollar monorail that had an original cost estimate of 2 billion.
This is a ridiculous post! Do tell, what bus line follows the proposed route? During the height of bus travel you cannot get from West Seattle to Ballard in under an hour while having to transfer at least once. This is best-case scenario, without introducing external factors (wreck, Mariners Game, etc). Additionally, I work downtown and am unaware of any parking for less than $5, the majority of lots charge from $7-$10. Given the price of gas I'd love to see a "per ride" cost breakdown of how driving a car is more cost effective than Seattle public transit. The truth is that no matter what the alternative, you would probably choose to roll your car to work. Most likely your "anger" stems from sitting in your expensive car in the midst of the worst traffic problem in the country, while burning exceedingly expensive fuel.