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Driving into a (Bored-)Hole (Tunnel): The Latest on Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 2:59pmThe recent news out of Seattle provides an interesting twist in the continuing Alaskan Way Viaduct saga.
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Tunnel Option Extends Life of Elevated Highway Despite Known Risk of Earthquake
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 03/16/2011 - 3:44pmRecent events in Japan have added yet another twist to the ongoing saga of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct. Before the earthquake and resulting tsunami, the Mayor and City Council duked it out over whether or not the City of Seattle would commit to replacing the damaged Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep... read more »
Mayor McGinn Vetoes Big Dig West
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 1:10pmGreat news in the fight against the tunnel due to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, aka "Big Dig West" - Mayor Mike McGinn, bravely going against nearly all of the Seattle City Council, has vetoed the contract to construct the tunnel, citing a variety of legitimate reasons.
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War on Cars? Or War on the Carless?
Submitted by norabeck on Sat, 01/29/2011 - 11:46amSeattle's Publicola, in anticipation of an upcoming panel discussion on the War on Cars, invited two of their panelists to guest editorials. David Roberts, from Grist, wrote The War on the Carless.
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Big Dig West May Be Stuck in the Muck
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 12:48pmIt is time for WSDOT to reconsider the $3.1 billion bored hole tunnel that is slated to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
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And Then There Were Two: The Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Scenarios
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 1:14pmThe planning board for the replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct is proving itself punctual, as this latest report has come out, whittling down the 8 replacement scenarios into two "hybrid" scenarios
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Too Much of a Good Thing : Report Finds None of Alaskan Way Plans are Pedestrian Friendly
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 5:38pmA new report by Gehl Architects from Denmark finds that none of the replacement options for the Alaskan Way Viaduct are pedestrian friendly. The reason the Gehl folks cite is rather surprising.
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News Findings Support the Case for Boulevards in Seattle
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 1:07pmCary Moon and Julia Parrett over at the People's Waterfront Coalition have just sent out their weekly update, and it is exciting indeed.
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Doing Away with the Alaskan Way
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 3:22pmThe Governor has said the Alaskan Way Viaduct must be gone by 2012. The DOT is whittling ten options down to three.
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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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