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    <author><![CDATA[Light Rail doesn't think so.]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[@30 the 194 doesn't run late at night.<br />
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I'd also like to add that it sucks when the 194 northbound is already packed with people from Federal Way or wherever.  Fuck that.  Is it too much to ask for a special bus that only goes to the airport and has room for people with luggage?
        
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      <![CDATA[I got from San Francisco to Seattle -- including the time it took me to leave a convention, walk to a BART station,  walk from the appropriate BART to a shuttle,  take the shuttle to the airport, and flight time -- faster than a 194 got me from the airport to my home very near downtown. It was about 9 at night, and it was raining, and one simply didn't come ...
        
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      <![CDATA[A-fuckin'-men! I flew SFO --&gt; SEA on Thursday, and trying to catch a 194 was in the middle of a string of events that powerfully reinforced my misanthropy.
        
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      <![CDATA[Another vote here for more # 194's.  Make them come every 15 minutes, please.  Half hour intervals are too long.  If a person misses one bus, a half hour wait until the next one can easily mean they will miss their flight.<br />
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      <![CDATA[if they're not going to resume bus service to some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in seattle (like cap hill, the cd, and queen anne) they should at least PUT SOME GRAVEL ON THE FUCKING SIDEWALKS. i'm on day 5 of being stranded and trying to not fall flat on my ass.
        
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      <![CDATA[Might want to do an analysis of ridership stats before you start armchair quarterbacking metro. But hey, you're only the EDITOR of the Stranger. You don't need to cite evidence to make your arguments.
        
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      <![CDATA[174. slower than the 194, but it gets you there. and you know, they are doing the best they can. <br />
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These are times when people should be stringing up Tim Eynman for taking away a chunk of Metro revenue with the car tab initiative.
        
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      <![CDATA[The 71, 43 and 550 are empty there because that's where the routes start and end. I guarantee you those buses are packed full by mid-route. Everyone has to wait. Twenty minutes is a considerably short wait, given the circumstances.
        
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      <![CDATA[There are horror stories for me every single day, and it's directly *because* there's not enough express service to the U District.  Prioritizing an airport run over local daily commuters is insanity.
        
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      <![CDATA[Did anyone else hear that Metro dumped 40 people out at Aurora at 45th and then cancelled or re-routed all further buses at that stop (around 10 am this morning)? People were pissed! Any other Metro horror stories?
        
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      <![CDATA[I could use an 8 or 11. We're on day four of zero bus service. Being snowbound was fun for four days, but I'm starting to run low on vodka now.
        
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      <![CDATA[I take the 194 to SeaTac all the time. I like it. It may take 45min instead of 30min, but the $2.50 fare beats the hell out of $15 Grey Line, or the $30 + tip airporter, or the $50 + tip taxi.<br />
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I can see that the current weather has thrown everything out of whack and another transport mode might be better right now, but normally the 194 kicks ass, if you aren't rich enough to shell out the dough for the greater convenience.<br />
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And hurrah for the coming light rail, that will be awesome.
        
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      <![CDATA[FYI, the buses to the East Side are always *packed.*  But don't let that get it the way of a good argument.
        
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      <![CDATA[I called <a href="http://www.seattlecitycar.com/">http://www.seattlecitycar.com/</a> . Sounded like they were busy, but they promised to pick me up in about a half hour from now. We'll see how that goes. I intentionally scheduled it far in advance just because a string of travel mishaps today have made me extra paranoid.
        
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      <![CDATA[Take the Grey Line bus. Seriously, fuck the 194. The Grey Line runs from all of the downtown hotels to Sea Tac. It's around $15 round trip, and it's a touring bus with no stops between downtown and the airport.
        
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      <![CDATA[What car service did you call, #14? My husband needs to get to the airport for a late night flight tonight (assuming it's not canceled, of course), and keeps insisting the buses will be fine. I disagree, so I'm wondering what service you called and how much it costs (we're in north Seattle).
        
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      <![CDATA[I've written Sound Transit and Metro about this and they only said, "look forward to light rail at the airport in a billion years, yay we're so backwards!"
        
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      <![CDATA[Thanks for this update. I was planning to take 194 to SeaTac today, but I just called a car service.
        
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      <![CDATA[I gave up trying to take the 194 to and from Seatac a long time ago.  Not worth it.  Seriously.  Cab fare may be expensive but the cost of trying to ride the 194 is far higher in my opinion.
        
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      <![CDATA[cap hill and the central district have had NOTHING since friday. i'm glad everyone who can afford a SUV with chains and studs that live in bellevue has speedy metro to get them to macy's to buy more shit.
        
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      <![CDATA[Reduce the express service to the U-District?  Hell no!  That bus was packed to the rafters this morning, and it will be again when I leave work this afternoon!  You just caught it in its brief mid-day lull.
        
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      <![CDATA[those people need to get to the airport as fast as possible in order to stake out prime floor space for the next three days until the runways thaw out.
        
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      <![CDATA[Assuming light rail opens on schedule, this will be the last winter you have to worry about taking a bus to the airport.
        
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      <![CDATA[I'm for prioritizing the 194. Makes sense.
        
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      <![CDATA[While you're at it, please throw in a couple 358s as well.
        
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