http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/09/the-first-hill-streetcar-should-make-your-car-stop Comments On: The First Hill Streetcar Should Make Your Car Stop by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
I agree that pedestrian crossing around the streetcar and lightrail is generally terrible. In the case of crossing Mercer, the streetcar prioritization actually *helps* pedestrians, because it makes the light change and pedestrians are allowed to cross with it (unlike the crossing at Fairview/Valley, where it gets a whole cycle to itself and pedestrians have to wait for the next one).
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Posted by Matthew 'Anc' Johnson]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 15:04:03 -0700 The Stranger
Jesus fucking christ. You're every kid in elementary school who has to make something up to "impress" the rest of the kids. STOP DOING THIS.
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Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 14:06:12 -0700 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 13:57:24 -0700 The Stranger Northbound had to wait in the left traffic lane to get to the reversal because the Southbound was unable to clear the shared track due to backed up traffic.
Busses, being able to maneuver around obstacles, would not have exacerbated the congestion.
Luckily I was able to pedal by on the sidewalk. The frustrated drivers were looking to vent their roadrage.
Posted by chinaski]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 13:49:16 -0700 The Stranger
Where's the super cool masthead for anything having to do with the WAR ON CARS Stranger staff?!?!?
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 13:36:15 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Westlake, son!]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 13:33:35 -0700 The Stranger
The problem with the streetcar at these critical intersections is that they ARE, in fact, "transit stuck in traffic". The city street grid gets very weird around these intersections, and if you screw with the light timing, which is already straining to meet capacity, too much, just for the streetcar, you're not just going to make drivers and bus riders impatient, you're going to cause backups and gridlock that extends across the city.

Bromides like "rail works in Seattle (just like in other cities!)" are meaningless. Superimposing a one-MPH streetcar onto a very difficult stretch of roadway actually makes building a fucking subway system more difficult, not easier.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 13:31:46 -0700 The Stranger Posted by keshmeshi]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 13:30:25 -0700 The Stranger
Getting residents to vote in favor of jacking up the car tab fee a few hundred dollars is going to be the hardest challenge. Most who cant afford it, or refuse to pay it, will simply register their cars in surrounding cities.
Posted by Kinison]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 13:11:53 -0700 The Stranger
Only faster cause it moves faster.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 13:06:11 -0700 The Stranger Posted by TJ]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 13:06:09 -0700 The Stranger
That said, there's no real excuse for not having full priority down the hill on Jackson.
Posted by Martin H. Duke]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 12:53:22 -0700 The Stranger