April 30th, 2008
The idealistic fools at the Sierra Club recently took their "no new roads ever!" pitch to the pages of the Tacoma News Tribune op-ed pages. The short version of their argument is that Prop 1 failed last fall because voters...
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April 30th, 2008
Many Seattleites assume public transportation is vastly more energy efficient than cars, and that spending more money on transit will attract...
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April 29th, 2008
The next meeting of the Committee for A Better Avondale:
Date::
May 15th, 2008 - 7:00PM
Place::
The downtown Woodinville fire station next to the Post Office.
Who:
All committee members, new and old, are welcome to attend.
We encourage anyone interested to join us to participate in discussions about ways to improve Avondale. At the next meeting, we will be discussing such topics as additional website content, speed enforcement measures, upcoming meetings with elected officials, and publicity for our campaign and website.
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April 29th, 2008
This
flyer from the Rubber Pavements Association describes how recycling old tires and converting them into quiet pavement can preclude tire fires while providing benefits to neighborhoods.
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April 29th, 2008
Why Avondale is so loud? It is a combination of disrepair, heavy traffic, and the type of surface on the road.
Due to road improvements put on hold for years, this section of Avondale has fallen into serious disrepair. The 2.5-mile drive south from Woodinville-Duvall Road is a joy ride of bumps, dips, patches, cracks and worn-out surface. It’s getting louder by the day as the road is pounded on by heavy car and truck traffic. It has been almost 55 years since Avondale was originally paved. During the last 20 years of area growth, it has evolved ...
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April 29th, 2008
In
this oped from the Sierra Club in the TNT, Mike O'Brien and Bliss Moore suggest its time for a little
spring cleaning:
The public debate on transportation is now in the “messy” stage. With
RTID’s failure at the polls last November, we threw out highway
expansion as the answer to our congestion problems.
Note to the Sierra Club: RTID only comprised between 10%-30% of Prop 1....so referring to Prop 1, as RTID is misleading and a veiled attempt to protect Sound Transit. Furthermore, Prop 1 did not ...
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