http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/05/coal-trains-could-delay-downtown-sodo-traffic-by-one-to-three-hours-a-day-study-finds Comments On: Coal Trains Could Delay Downtown, SoDo Traffic By One to Three Hours a Day, Study Finds by Cienna Madrid 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) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Besides this coal is brought to China for speculation from Goldman Sachs and our wonderful Warren Buffet.China does not want our Coal. They are way ahead of us in alternative energy and their own coal is cleaner. . They are going to keep it for speculation, causing this whole upheaval. Then besides the coal Trains it will go through Puget Sound on ships making our killer whales disappear and die. As basically it will be worse than the Panama Canal. Oh forget about a accident from either a coal train or one of those tankers.
If China will sell it back to us I hope we will have still our friendly relations in existence. While the coal trains and tankers will bring it back to us. We again will be exposed to pollution. While we are waiting for the coal to return we will not have done a darn thing about alternative energy resources

Lopez No Coal :http://www.lopeznocoalition.org/
Video from Moral politics with Darshan Rauniyar who ran for congress in the 1st congressional district the only one opposing the Cherry Point project.
please watch this video: http://wa40dems.org/pages/no-coal.html
Posted by vrolijk60]]> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:21:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by CuriousR]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:23:53 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by CuriousR]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:20:00 -0800 The Stranger @11 bnsf recently runs unit trains (manifest, grain, coal) east over the stampeed sub and west around the horn via Vancouver. See "iron triangle"
@2 the trains will be limited at 6-9am and 3-5 pm because sounder trains take priority.
Posted by Word up888]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:39:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by hmmmmm]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:25:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pirate68]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:21:26 -0800 The Stranger
If, for example, coal trains release a bunch of coal dust in the air, seems there could be legal recourse via the EPA.

Also, how did King County come into possession of the Burlington Northern Eastside Rail Corridor? Is that line still governed entirely by the feds?
Posted by seandr]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:23:15 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:44:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:00:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by disintegrator]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:55:16 -0800 The Stranger
Requirements that tunnels be used for hazardous materials such as coal dust also are within zoning scopes.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:14:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:02:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by soundslikepuget]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:35:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by westside]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:27:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by rejemy]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:21:35 -0800 The Stranger
Bury the coal trains, not SR-99.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:19:19 -0800 The Stranger
@1, the trains will run 24/7. If you restricted them to 12-4 AM the way would be permanently blocked that entire time, and there still wouldn't be enough hours to let them through.

The obvious solution, in light of the fact that even the current 3.5 hours of obstruction a day is unsustainable in a working city, is to bury the tracks. But we can't do that because we're burying the viaduct instead, and building more stadiums. Nice priorities you've got there, Seattle.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:16:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Joe Szilagyi]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:01:01 -0800 The Stranger