http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/31/want-to-bring-back-the-waterfront-trolley Comments On: Want to Bring Back the Waterfront Trolley? by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by stinkbug]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:23:41 -0800 The Stranger Posted by mitten]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:02:25 -0800 The Stranger
You'll first have to convince the City that actually having transportation that isn't cars on the waterfront is an important goal. Then figure out which right-of-way in the Corner proposal you're willing to shrink in order to have dedicated trolley track, or accept street-running a la the SLUT and FHSC.

George Benson was a great Councilmember. Those cars are part of Seattle's history, even though they didn't begin life here. And as Matt the Engineer points out, plenty of tourists rode and loved them, including plenty of non-Seattle Washington tourists whose dollars helped keep hotels, bars and restaurants busy.

So yeah, bring it back. You wanna run modern streetcars down there too, go for it.
Posted by BensonLine]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:42:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Frank Blethen's vodka distiller]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:31:29 -0800 The Stranger
By Waterfront Park you mean the one at pier 57-59?
By "sculpture garden" do you mean the Olympic Sculpture Park?

That's a fairly straight shot of less than mile.

I suppose you are referring to entirely different places though.

Posted by stinkbug]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:02:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:54:03 -0800 The Stranger Posted by biffp]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:16:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:45:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by seatackled]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:44:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Jared Bascomb]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:22:58 -0800 The Stranger
I wouldn't mind seeing an actual streetcar in the same route, but I doubt even that is the best use of our transit dollars.
Posted by fletc3her]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:21:26 -0800 The Stranger
Seriously.

Now for the Bubbleator ... where do we put that?
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:38:46 -0800 The Stranger definitely don't make them part of the Metro transit authority! Heck no! We can have hyperlocal light rail, and be lauded as some sort of visionary transit "innovators." Hey look! A monorail that goes all of 10 blocks! Fake BRT! A half-dozen trolleys! A pequeño light-rail system! Three different bus companies! SO CUTE!
Posted by treacle]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:29:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Subdued Excitement]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:16:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:06:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by go the roos!]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:43:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:37:13 -0800 The Stranger
No alcohol, cause that would be bad. Except for specific licensed events, like weddings.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:36:17 -0800 The Stranger
I'm ok with appealing to tourists. Most cities would die for our quantity of tourists, but we mostly ignore them. Before I moved to Seattle I knew about: The Monorail (though assumed it was a full system), The Space Needle, and The Waterfront Trolley. I hadn't even heard of Pike Place Market.

I'm also fine with using a modern streetcar and bringing the First Hill line to the water. But sometimes the transit world just looks at hard facts and numbers (hey, a bus would be cheaper!) and ignores softer benefits like our city through the eyes of tourists.
Posted by Matt the Engineer]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:33:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by NMSpaz]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:22:09 -0800 The Stranger
We can bring it back ONLY if it's done as musical theater.
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:19:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sam O.]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:17:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:13:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Stranger'sWorstNightmare]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:12:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:07:25 -0800 The Stranger