Not to be too picky...
In reply to Parking on Capitol Hill: Not to be too picky... because I'd like to see an increase in our parking rates citywide... But you could just as easily say that the data suggests that off-street parking is priced too HIGH or more people would take advantage of it.

Funding depends on a lot of
In reply to Crosstown Traffic: Funding depends on a lot of factors, including how the economy is doing and what deals for tax authority can be made at the state level. I really hope that our new exec and mayor are better at that game, though there's really no reason to be too hopeful. I wonder how a route that used the Lakeview I-5 overpass would do. As far as I know only the 25 uses it, but it's pretty much never backed up. Broadway-Belmont-Lakeview-Eastlake?

Chris, it will be a challenge
In reply to Crosstown Traffic: Chris, it will be a challenge to get the suburban Republican King County Council members to support renewing the electric bus fleet, but they will be convinced because in the context of global warming it would be ludicrous to replace these virtually zero-emission buses with diesel-engine buses. Electric buses are more expensive to buy, but not significantly so to operate, according to SF Muni and Vancouver BC, locations where expansion and modernization is the electric transit theme. And, they last many years longer than diesels and hybrids (which really are just overly

No, we don't. I can't
In reply to Crosstown Traffic: No, we don't. I can't imagine they'd do anything that drastic so quickly, but you never know.

This sounds really great to
In reply to Crosstown Traffic: This sounds really great to me, but.. do we even know if we are going to be able to retain trolley buses at all in the next budget cycle?