Blogs Jul 1, 2012 at 1:02 pm

On Broadway

Dominic Holden
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Wow, that's really cool to see. Light rail on Capitol Hill.
lark on July 1, 2012 at 1:07 PM Report this
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Well, a streetcar anyway.
NaFun on July 1, 2012 at 1:10 PM Report this
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And just to think, in modern America we can have a wonderful system of rapid transit in Seattle in only another 80 years! USA #1!!!
Cato the Younger Younger on July 1, 2012 at 1:11 PM Report this
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So the bicyclists ride in the three-foot gap between the parked cars and streetcar tracks? Seems safe.
DOUG. on July 1, 2012 at 1:21 PM Report this
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I hope they go "ding-ding" like in SF.
Pope Peabrain on July 1, 2012 at 1:26 PM Report this
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@4

That's a very strange way to describe the ten-foot wide separated bike track they're building parallel to the streetcar/auto lanes.

But then, I'm sure you've got your reasons for characterizing it that way, because you're a serious cycling advocate who goes to the planning meetings and studies all the maps and diagrams and stuff.
robotslave on July 1, 2012 at 1:31 PM Report this
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@4 et al

here are the plans including where the bike lanes will be

http://zoom.it/88U8
Gordon Werner on July 1, 2012 at 1:37 PM Report this
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#6,7

Of course only 0.1 percent of the population can ride a bike up First Hill...or any hill for that matter.
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on July 1, 2012 at 1:52 PM Report this
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@8, look who's talking.
scary tyler moore on July 1, 2012 at 2:06 PM Report this
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@9 Sorry you're too fat to bike up a hill.
ItsAllOverNow on July 1, 2012 at 2:07 PM Report this
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that was supposed to be @8
ItsAllOverNow on July 1, 2012 at 2:09 PM Report this
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@7: Thanks for the info.
DOUG. on July 1, 2012 at 4:15 PM Report this
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And you realize of course this is the _second_ time they are doing this after ripping up what was already there for the grand old automobile which was going to end all our problems.
Weekilter on July 1, 2012 at 4:35 PM Report this
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I often ride up Kent East Hill...which is a much longer climb than first hill.
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on July 1, 2012 at 8:38 PM Report this
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@13 I do love the irony in all this. But think how much winter entertainment we'd have lost out on over the years if they'd actually kept some of the streetcars (like the one up QA Hill), thus allowing people to get up and down without tempting fate (and ending up on YouTube) in their private vehicles or the bus. In fact, I think one snowy night of shots for (idiot vehicle) sliders is responsible for my complete avoidance of Tequila these days...
StuckInUtah on July 1, 2012 at 9:01 PM Report this
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@10

Your concern for the elderly is touching.
robotslave on July 1, 2012 at 10:59 PM Report this
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Another assault on individual liberty - social engineering programs like this designed to get us out of our cars and into inefficient trains and busses. Another scheme by the enviro watermellons (green on the outside, red on the inside...SOCIALISTS IN DRAG) to control our lives because after all, they are smarter than all of us. They went to Harvard!
Lord Basil on July 2, 2012 at 2:17 AM Report this
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@13 @15 ... not only that ... but to build the new line they are actually uncovering (and have to remove) some of the original streetcar infrastructure that was simply buried when the rails were removed.

Broadway 2012 ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonwerne…
Gordon Werner on July 2, 2012 at 6:16 AM Report this
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They say the streetcar lights are bright on Broadway. They say that there is magic in the air.
Catherwood on July 2, 2012 at 8:04 AM Report this
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@8: "Of course only 0.1 percent of the population can ride a bike up First Hill...or any hill for that matter."

Yet another idiot who doesn't actually live in Seattle talking as if he understands the geography of Seattle. Read a goddamned map of where the trolley is supposed to go before you fart out another rant.
on July 2, 2012 at 10:11 AM Report this

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