Slog - Comments on Liveslogging the "Lunch Bus" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus ECB and I just boarded Sound Transit's Lunch Bus which will allegedly take us on a tour of the unbuilt light rail line, which opens next year. The bus is fricking amazing. Each seat is roomy, has a reading light and CLIMATE CONTROL! It's like an airplane. There are about 30 people on the bus and a lot of grey hair. Our excellent tour guide just pointed out "some very large galvanized poles" on the side of the road and an old woman just screeched for him to "speak a little more slowly". Most of the people on this... Copyright 2008 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:49:50 -0800 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:05:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by jrrrl sounds like a sound transit commuter bus. suburbanites get all the nice things.

]]> jrrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146417 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:53:21 -0800 Comment by Tiktok Well, duh, who else are we going to give the nice things to? The poor?

]]> Tiktok http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146433 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146433 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:02:19 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I don't think I've ever been on a Sound Transit bus, but don't they have fabric upholstery? That wouldn't work too well on Metro.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146447 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146447 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:13:15 -0800 Comment by Hernandez I'm sure the bus quality was a shock to you, and especially to Erica, who always complains about the crappy city buses!

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146449 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146449 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:14:08 -0800 Comment by PC Why not nice busses going point to point express and charging a bit more than Metro -- we could get them on the road quickly -- whether or not we start expanding the light rail?

With reservations and billing via internet.

"Bus" needs a makeover.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146464 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:23:55 -0800 Comment by Greg Yeah, public art always sucks. Maybe it's because artists these days suck?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146480 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:32:54 -0800 Comment by jonahsl the upholstery is plastic. And this bus IS crazy nice.

]]> jonahsl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146487 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146487 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:35:10 -0800 Comment by Greg Is the bus going to Beacon Hill?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146509 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146509 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:51:37 -0800 Comment by Hernandez I totally agree about the "art" at that station. But I think that the weird molecule-chain-with-inane-phrases that's on the other side of the mezzanine from the teardrop is even worse.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146513 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:54:55 -0800 Comment by David Wright Individualized climate control?! Don't get me wrong: I love first class travel -- when the traveler pays for it. But this idea that we would take a transit system that the rest of us are subsidizing at a rate of god-knowns-how-much per trip and just decide to pile on a bit more is... mind-boggling.

]]> David Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146586 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:57:58 -0800 Comment by max solomon "fare insectors"?

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146594 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:07:32 -0800 Comment by elrider Unbuilt light rail line? Did you mean unfinished? It looks to me like most of it has been built already.

Also, not all public art is bad. Chicago has some outstanding public art.

]]> elrider http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146599 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146599 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:11:31 -0800 Comment by Hernandez @10 - The ST commuter buses look like refurbished charter buses. Assuming that they are, that would explain the reading lights and climate control.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146601 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:13:21 -0800 Comment by Greg This has got to be the slowest, most discrete liveslog ever.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146718 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146718 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:07:07 -0800 Comment by AJ The seats have the ST map stitched (embroidered? Craft nerds, help me out) into them. No lie.

]]> AJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146808 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/liveslogging_the_lunch_bus#c1146808 City Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:05:00 -0800