Slog - Comments on Blame Light Rail http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail Due to ongoing problems related to a Sound Transit circuit board upgrade, or something, the Downtown Bus Tunnel will be closed through Friday.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:12:59 -0800 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:52:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle I think it's the spy cameras that the NSA insisted be installed there ...

Oops, I wasn't supposed to mention that, was I?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880117 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880117 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:40:01 -0800 Comment by not amused as shit stfu, will.

]]> not amused as shit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880143 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:50:29 -0800 Comment by real_transit_solutions Light rail construction is well underway. Soon we will have speedy and spacious rail service from the DSTT to SeaTac airport (and back).

]]> real_transit_solutions http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880151 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:53:22 -0800 Comment by Dick Cheney @1, I am watching you in the tunnel and listening to you on your AT&T cell phone.

]]> Dick Cheney http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880160 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:56:43 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 Sound Transit really botched the tunnel upgrades, and not just with this new circuit board failure. Basic logistics like speaker volume and trash cans were screwed up for months

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880173 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880173 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:02:42 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV It could have been worse.

It could have been a Monorail that's system crashed.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880176 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880176 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:06:50 -0800 Comment by whatever Yes Nappy it is the monorail's fault. Or maybe the gay Pit Bull or Condo developers but not Sound Transit. And when the system doesn't work 300' underground with a burning train the firemen will have no problem reaching the bodies.

]]> whatever http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880214 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:23:17 -0800 Comment by tiptoe tommy Whatever...whatever.

]]> tiptoe tommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880226 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:27:50 -0800 Comment by Andrew roflmao whatever you ridiculous

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880274 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:50:12 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Shit happens. They're still building the thing.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880368 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880368 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:31:45 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Well, at least the tunnel borer is safe.

We can use that for the extension to the UW.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880389 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:40:15 -0800 Comment by Brainiac If we had just put the monorail in the tunnel...I know....

Spangenthal-Lee is probably aware that whether light rail was going to be deployed in the tunnel or not, post-911 safety and security upgrades (yes, that means technology) would have been needed for those buses anyways.

Nice job with the faux populist outrage and sensationalism, tho'.


http://www.seattletunnel.org/whatsnew.asp

Retrofitting for joint bus and rail operations

The tunnel originally opened in 1990 and was due for upgrades to its electrical, mechanical, and safety systems.

Joint bus and rail operations will allow for maximum transit use of the tunnel. Part of Sound Transit’s retrofit work has been to install a state-of-the-art communication system and add the signaling and overhead catenary systems that will allow for joint operations. Buses and trains will alternate use of station platforms depending on schedule and riders will have a choice of transit options depending on their final destination.

Each of the underground stations is equipped with two sets of station exhaust fans, in addition to four high-volume emergency fans that provide emergency service to the tunnel. To supplement the ventilation capacity in each station under emergency circumstances the station exhaust fans were replaced with new units in order to meet National Fire Protection Association standards for such use.

]]> Brainiac http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880468 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880468 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:16:13 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle See, and they thought I was joking.

Sigh. Silly Americans, still think you have rights.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880493 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:32:04 -0800 Comment by poltroon The closed tunnel has meant the blissful absence of the incessant donging that I usually hear from my office. Sometimes I wonder if those people who were found dead in that building on 2nd and Yestler a while back had been listening to that for too long.

]]> poltroon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880749 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880749 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:30:11 -0800 Comment by Jonah S Wait, Brainiac, did you think I was being serious?

]]> Jonah S http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c880754 City Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:33:06 -0800 Comment by Greg I blame the human race. If we hadn't come down out of the trees, none of this would be a problem.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c881348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/blame_light_rail#c881348 City Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:52:45 -0800