It's such a bizzare contradiction on his part...

So let's demand all transportation infrastructure decisions are analyzed for their effect on greenhouse gas production. Let's demand some financial commitment in solutions that move us toward that goal, not in the opposite direction as the tunnel does. As the Mayor of Vancouver says, "Budgets are idealogy without the rhetoric."

A City official actually told me that Kyoto commitment doesn't cast any doubt on the tunnel plan, it just creates a bigger marketing challenge to sell it as the sustainable solution.

Grrrrrr.....

I have to say, the more of ECB's stuff I read, the more she reminds of the A-Typical '80 & 90's Hippie Chick, you used to meet at a Grateful Dead shows.

You know, the ones that would rant how meat is murder and preaching about the health aspects of a vegan lifestyle, while, they are chainsmoking cigarrettes (that they keep bumming from you) and wrestling with a heroine habbit.

-Knock down the viaduct
-Use the $2b that was earmarked to replace it, and build the monorail through there instead (cus remember how much the monorail cost before financing?)... this time they could even allow competetive bidding for the contract so as to keep the price low.
-Ideally they'd turn it into a park, but if the money's tight they can sell the land to make money.
-serves more people (from ballard to west seattle) reduces auto use dramatically, makes our waterfront non-ugly, plan is not stupid or crazy, blah blah blah.
-every other city has a normal mass transit system and not just some skeleton light rail. (such as montreal, toronto, chicago, new york, boston, washington dc, every city in Europe, etc...)

oops, sorry, typical Seattleite thinking process. must turn that one off.