Ooo, let's create this special non-elected bunch of people to tax us and build the gondolas because we don't want politicians messing with this thing because, ummm, oh, right. Monorail. Nevermind.
It is enough that we once had them during the Seattle World's Fair fifty plus years ago. Of course, most of you reading this wouldn't know this. They were slow, leaky
and the operators wouldn't allow more than two people at time to ride in one. Little kids would spit on the pedestrians below. It was a wonderful idea.
Let's build the Convention Center gondola because it's free but mildly useful. And then the Cap Hill gondola because it's massively useful and mildly cheap.
Yes, there's not enough mass transit systems in the city where one breakdown results in an obstacle that can't be bypassed and ruins a commute (trollies lose their power lines, the SLUT gets sideswiped, mudslides block Sounder trains).
This is the dumbest idea I have ever heard. Like the Chihuly Museum, no Seattle resident will use this, but we'll be stuck looking at it, and wiping spit off of our heads( #7).
and the operators wouldn't allow more than two people at time to ride in one. Little kids would spit on the pedestrians below. It was a wonderful idea.
Let's build the Convention Center gondola because it's free but mildly useful. And then the Cap Hill gondola because it's massively useful and mildly cheap.