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sounds like a sound transit commuter bus. suburbanites get all the nice things.

Posted by jrrrl | September 19, 2008 11:53 AM
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Well, duh, who else are we going to give the nice things to? The poor?

Posted by Tiktok | September 19, 2008 12:02 PM
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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.

Posted by keshmeshi | September 19, 2008 12:13 PM
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I'm sure the bus quality was a shock to you, and especially to Erica, who always complains about the crappy city buses!

Posted by Hernandez | September 19, 2008 12:14 PM
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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.

Posted by PC | September 19, 2008 12:23 PM
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Yeah, public art always sucks. Maybe it's because artists these days suck?

Posted by Greg | September 19, 2008 12:32 PM
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the upholstery is plastic. And this bus IS crazy nice.

Posted by jonahsl | September 19, 2008 12:35 PM
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Is the bus going to Beacon Hill?

Posted by Greg | September 19, 2008 12:51 PM
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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.

Posted by Hernandez | September 19, 2008 12:54 PM
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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.

Posted by David Wright | September 19, 2008 1:57 PM
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"fare insectors"?

Posted by max solomon | September 19, 2008 2:07 PM
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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.

Posted by elrider | September 19, 2008 2:11 PM
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@10 - The ST commuter buses look like refurbished charter buses. Assuming that they are, that would explain the reading lights and climate control.

Posted by Hernandez | September 19, 2008 2:13 PM
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This has got to be the slowest, most discrete liveslog ever.

Posted by Greg | September 19, 2008 4:07 PM
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The seats have the ST map stitched (embroidered? Craft nerds, help me out) into them. No lie.

Posted by AJ | September 19, 2008 7:05 PM

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