Responsible Transportation Forum

Good Luck to Lake Oswego Streetcar Opponents

The Antiplanner — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:00:49 +0000

Residents of Lake Oswego, Portland’s wealthiest large suburb, have hired one of the state’s leading (and most liberal) political consultants to oppose a planned streetcar between downtown Portland and their community. Who has the bucks to hire Bergstein? One of the names mentioned is Elaine Franklin, wife of former U.S. Senator Bob Packwood. As Bojack [...]

The mayor, the MOHAI, and the moolah

Jordan Royer — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 +0000

The history museum, which is moving to South Lake Union to make way for the new 520 bridge, finds itself in a fight with Mayor McGinn over more than $40 million in state mitigation money.

A meandering bicyclist weighs in on the ‘road diet’ debate

Douglas B. MacDonald — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:00:00 +0000

True, Northeast 125th isn't very bicycle-friendly. But aren't road diets about safer, better roads for everyone?

Lawsuit: Purchase of Eastside rail corridor was illegal - Seattle Post Intelligencer

(author unknown) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:20:18 +0000

Lawsuit: Purchase of Eastside rail corridor was illegal
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Sound Transit has studied running light rail along portions of the corridor. While the Port may have had good intentions, the plaintiffs argue the purchase ...

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Seattle parks levy leads to unwise spending - Crosscut

(author unknown) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:02:43 +0000

Seattle parks levy leads to unwise spending
Crosscut
We also voted for Sound Transit funding and county parks. There are other levies on the horizon — for Seattle Center, possibly for a transportation ...

Lummi Island ferry caught in a snag over tribal tideland rights

Bob Simmons — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:00:00 +0000

Uprising at Gooseberry Point: the trouble with running good ferry service to a nice island.

Driving out the drivers - Sound Politics (blog)

(author unknown) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:56:50 +0000

Driving out the drivers
Sound Politics (blog)
What, are they hoping somebody will get fed up and start riding the Sound Transit trains? (which I hear subsidize riders to the tune of $140 PER ride) 5. ...

Seattle Parking: "The beatings will continue until morale improves"

Michael Ennis — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:31:19 +0000

Policymakers who subscribe to social engineering often use parking rules to help achieve their vision for a supposed Utopian society. A society in which central planners adopt a particular value and try to impose it on everyone else. This recent Seattle Times article puts this strategy in full display. The original purpose of parking enforcement has all but disappeared and now become more about forcing behavior changes and increasing revenue. This article contains so many good lines I had to highlight my favorite:

"Last ...

Sound Transit accepts lowest rail bid after all - TheNewsTribune.com

(author unknown) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:27:04 +0000

Sound Transit accepts lowest rail bid after all
TheNewsTribune.com
Sound Transit has reversed its decision to skip over a contractor's low bid, announcing Thursday it will award MidMountain Contractors a key project to help ...

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Building a springboard to the Next Seattle

David Brewster — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:00:00 +0000

The region needs a jolt, which comes from daring strategic thinking to take us past the recession and to transcend our political impasses. A suggestion: tap the game-changers in our midst.