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McGinn Dismisses Burgess Transportation Proposal as a Great Plan "for 1975"
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Then what's McGinn's explanation for the mess in the ID and SODO? The complaint-based system means that minor potholes on the most high traffic roads get fixed first, and the three-foot sinkhole on a side street gets ignored for months.
But McGinn worries that this could leave the worst potholes unfilled while crews are busing patching less severely damaged streets
Then what's McGinn's explanation for the mess in the ID and SODO? The complaint-based system means that minor potholes on the most high traffic roads get fixed first, and the three-foot sinkhole on a side street gets ignored for months.
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You'll have to travel a lot further into the past than 1975 to find a time where buses are the solution to our transportation woes. By '75, Seattle had—sadly—already voted "no" on Forward Thrust. Twice.
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I will probably vote for whichever candidate seems most likely to implement a real public transit system.
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recnetly city workers came to the neighborhood planting little white flags. they inform me these are where they will plant trees. a few feet away, there are potholes and crumbling roads; thorny blackberry arms growing 5, 10 or 20 feet long in the largish neutral ground the city fails to maintain and that neighbors clip; and the old crappy basketball goal lying int he street for years is still there -- it's as if SDOT is oblivious to all these things. and yes, the pedestrian crossing at an arterial two blocks away got the wonderful benefit of little green begging flags so pedestrians can try to make the cars stop. sometimes, they do.
they said the trees were funded by the briding the gap thing we approved. btw, we got lots of trees around here already and the city doesn't maintain them either.
they said the trees were funded by the briding the gap thing we approved. btw, we got lots of trees around here already and the city doesn't maintain them either.
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Maybe people who don't complain about their potholes like their potholes. Or they're in college. Either way, don't fix them.
Fix the ones on my block. I vote. I donate. I show up. Don't be fixing shit for those people who can't be arsed. They're fine. Just fine. As far as we know.
Fix the ones on my block. I vote. I donate. I show up. Don't be fixing shit for those people who can't be arsed. They're fine. Just fine. As far as we know.
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Straw man, much? Burgess did not propose asking Metro for $6M more in service.
What he said is that the city's investments would create $6m in savings for Metro by speeding up bus service on city streets. Savings will allow bus service to get better somewhere. Does seem fair that if Seattle is creating the savings in the first place that Seattle should see some benefits.
I'm not sure what else in Burgess' transit plans, but this one sure seems like a no brainer. If City investment speeds up transit then not much of a stretch to say that Metro should use the savings to beef up service in Seattle. Is McGinn such a regional player that he thinks Enumclaw ought to benefit from Seattle's investment?
What he said is that the city's investments would create $6m in savings for Metro by speeding up bus service on city streets. Savings will allow bus service to get better somewhere. Does seem fair that if Seattle is creating the savings in the first place that Seattle should see some benefits.
I'm not sure what else in Burgess' transit plans, but this one sure seems like a no brainer. If City investment speeds up transit then not much of a stretch to say that Metro should use the savings to beef up service in Seattle. Is McGinn such a regional player that he thinks Enumclaw ought to benefit from Seattle's investment?
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