Comments On: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..." by Charles Mudede

Comments On: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..." by Charles Mudede http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/07/when-completed-a-trip-from-husky-stadium-to-downtown-will-take-about-6-minutes Comments On: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..." by Charles Mudede 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) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by Choo]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:41:25 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> a fucking mile from one another and your main roads are up to 18 lanes wide.

Of course, Brasília is hell on earth for pedestrians, and quite possibly the worst city in the history of humanity.
Posted by d.p.]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:31:31 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
Brasilia's dedicated line buses do not share the road with anything, they literally have their own roads that do not intersect with traffic, except at crossings much like our train crossings. I understand the romance of rail travel, but otherwise there is little difference between a streetcar and a bus, except for how it interacts with traffic. If we eliminate traffic interaction part, to make it function like a streetcar- then what at that point is the difference- you know, besides cost?

Posted by Chris Jury]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:30:09 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by dawyv]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:50:04 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
Fuck the bus with a red hot fireplace poker. A hundred thousand times.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:45:43 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by bitethemailman]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:00:41 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by bitethemailman]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:56:59 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by captain underpants]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:39:44 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by Dougsf]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:15:49 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
Posted by beef rallard]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:25:01 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
I heard a rumor that a line directly under the main campus was nixed partly because of concerns that the vibration would interfere with ongoing physics experiments, but I dunno if that's true. I think it's likelier UW didn't want Stevens Way to become a major bus transfer point.
Posted by Orv]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:03:09 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by wisepunk]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:02:03 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
Also:
Based on some general observational anecdata: The amount of time it takes someone who's handicapped or encumbered to get on a train from a platform: about 5-10 seconds.

Amount it takes the same person to get on a bus: about 2-3 minutes.

Dedicated bus lanes will help a bit, but they're nowhere near a substitution for rail when it comes to efficiency.
Posted by j.lee]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:29:48 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
That said, there's a lot of jobs and students within easy walking of the Husky Stadium. Just ask the UWMC and all the Engineering, Biochem, Chemistry, and Computer Science students. Sucks to be from a soft arts program though. Use your fold-up scooter, kidlings.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:19:10 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by SPG]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:00:45 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
It's a focal point for traffic every day. Between students, staff, faculty, hospital employees, and patients, well over 50,000 people a day go to and from there.
Posted by Reader01]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:37:27 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>

Buses to run on dedicated lines cost a small fraction of what a streetcar or light train costs (plus we already have them), and in the case of major emergency those lines could be utilized to bring in/move out people/supplies/equipment that isn't able to utilize rail. Much more flexible.

Excellent point, Chris. And while we're at it, as long as flexibility is of paramount importance, we should all start living in tents like Bedouins. I'm also a strong believer that, instead of building skyscrapers downtown, Amazon should be putting up pop-up office space. Don't ask me how that works, but I can guarantee you it's a fraction of the cost of real office buildings.
Posted by cressona]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:29:24 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by Joe Szilagyi]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:12:56 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
Hopefully the station at the Stadium will be designed in such a way that it'll serve Students well in addition to Husky fans.
Posted by gi]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:12:12 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
I've also been thinking about Brasilia (a horrible city- this is why you don't let architects/urban planners design cities) and their dedicated paved lines. Buses to run on dedicated lines cost a small fraction of what a streetcar or light train costs (plus we already have them), and in the case of major emergency those lines could be utilized to bring in/move out people/supplies/equipment that isn't able to utilize rail. Much more flexible.
Posted by Chris Jury]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:08:54 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by Charles Mudede]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:08:16 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
But instead we got five stadiums maybe six, and only one transit line. King, baseball, football, key, husky. and NBA.
Posted by stadiums rise above transit]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:55:29 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]> Posted by seatackled]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:50:11 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
I like Link too but 10 is just inaccurate.
Posted by ryanmm]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:46:26 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: "When completed, a trip from Husky Stadium to downtown will take about 6 minutes..."]]>
Looking forward to the new streetcar line thru Fremont to Ballard.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:32:51 -0800 The Stranger