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Barnett lays out the facts on Seattle's Road Diets
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:50amErica Barnett, in a Publicola article, "Times Columnist Ignores the Facts on Road Diets" tears apart the arguments put forth by a recent Seattle Times columnist, Nicole Brodeur, on road diets -- see "Bike lanes... read more »
Seattle's Tunnel Debacle Continues
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 4:02pmCheck out Dominic Holden's assessment of the Seattle City Council actions to allow the State to replace Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep-bore tunnel in the Stranger's What Could Possibly Go Wrong, July 7, 2010.... read more »
A "Radical" Idea Whose Time Has Come: Lehrer News Hour Explores Bringing Down Seattle's Alaskan Way Freeway
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 11:47amMore and more Seattle residents are showing they are fed up with the domination of their potentially beautiful waterfront by a truck route.
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Adaptability of Seattle Commuters: Evidence That Alaskan Way Viaduct Can Go
Submitted by Joe Menard on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 2:53pmThe recent closure of lanes on Interstate 5 in Seattle was, according to many media outlets, supposed to create commuting nightmares for Seattleites. But as half of 120,000 commuters have sought alternatives to driving, traffic has actually lessened and commuting has been rather smooth in Seattle. ... read more »
Green Building and New Development in Seattle Neighborhood
Submitted by Joe Menard on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 11:55amA new two-part E&E story discusses the partnerhsip between the U.S. Green Building Council, Seattle Housing Authority, and New Urbanists to rebuild High Point - a once-blighted Seattle neighborhood. As detailed in part one, High Point's rebuilding efforts include 1,600 green-built houses (now h... read more »
The Video that helped kill Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/01/2007 - 10:14amSeattle Green Building activist Bert Gregory helped produce this video.They didn't have $ to buy much time, but the TV stations couldn't resist it- classic guerilla tactic.
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Seattle Votes "No" on Tunnel, New Viaduct: Surface-Transit Only Option Left Standing
Submitted by JonZirkle on Thu, 03/15/2007 - 3:53pmSeattle voters officially rejected both the viaduct replacement and a four-lane tunnel options on Tuesday’s ballot, showing that more and more people are starting to share the vision articulated by John Norquist of CNU, Scott Bernstein of CNT and Seattle's Cary Moon and fellow advocates -- a water... read more »
Boulevard option rising to the surface in Seattle
Submitted by norabeck on Tue, 02/20/2007 - 4:09pmMike Lindblom, from the Seattle Times, reports this week in "Viaduct fight: Could streets be the answer?" on how the surface option is still on the table if not on the March advisory ballot. The struggle with what to do with the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct continues.
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Waterfront street a viable alternative - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 2:42pmJohn Norquist and Scott Bernstein shed light on Seattle’s latest Alaskan Viaduct considerations. After reviewing WSDOT’s analysis of the “no-replacement” option, Norquist and Bernstein find exaggerated assumptions and inadequate considerations as to how traffic in downtown Seattle can be ab... read more »
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Alaskan Way Viaduct: A Third Way
Submitted by Janderer on Mon, 10/09/2006 - 11:46pmWith two alternatives proposed to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Washington State representatives remain skeptical of a new multilane thoroughfare. The Congress for the New Urbanism and the Center for Neighborhood Technology disagree with the state's estimates for future traffic demands. The tw... read more »