http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/19/gondolas-yea-or-nay Comments On: Gondolas: Yea or Nay? 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) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
As long as it has a dedicated right of way, I will allow it.
Posted by It's 2013 - Where Is My Flying Bus?]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:20:19 -0800 The Stranger http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/01/a…
Posted by hifiandrew]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:57:50 -0800 The Stranger The Monorail Project was going to be a lot of overpayment for certain spots of land that magically changed hands just before the plans were finalized. And all of that concrete & steel was never going to be connected. We'd have a lot of "platforms", with the surrounding land values jacked just prior to sales, and then the plug gets pulled.
Didn't we learn a little bit from the "Ramps to Nowhere"?
Posted by Sir Vic]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:29:57 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Yp17]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:26:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:25:59 -0800 The Stranger
Seriously, this is a fucking bone-headed idea if I ever heard of one. I think the monorail was the most realistic of the "futuristic" ideas that could have worked.

And to all of you monorail haters...had we done it you could travel from Ballard to Downtown Seattle TODAY in less than 15 minutes. And if memory serves, the West Seattle to Downtown portion would be close to being completed
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:08:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by --MC]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:02:43 -0800 The Stranger
Fremont and the U District are carnivals already, or so they feel like. Why not complete the package?
Posted by Tacoma Traveler]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:51:17 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Orv]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:53:49 -0800 The Stranger
I myself voted "no" because it sounds a bit too silly and inefficient for what it would cost, but I'd be willing to give the idea a fair hearing. I was fully opposed to the light rail for years and now I'd rather ride it than take the bus, so I've been wrong before.

I'm not sold yet, though.
Posted by floater]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:19:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by SeattleD]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:16:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Frank Blethen's vodka distiller]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:38:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by doceb]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:14:57 -0800 The Stranger
Look, if what you want is a tourist-attracting gimmick, sure, great, I'm all for drawing crowds of stoned tourist hippies to ride the fucking gondolas after stopping by one of our state run marijuana shops to pick up a bag of weed. Lets also make sure there are munchie stands at every entry and exit platform for the thing.

Don't call this a transit solution, however. Because it isn't. And we have a transit problem in Seattle. Every time Boeing threatens to pull up stakes and leave, they cite transit as a concern. I-5 is a mess, the 405 is a fucking nightmare. Why is it that we always find cash to dig a deep bore tunnel or to pull some haire-brained scheme like gondolas, but we can't get decent light-rail transit to every corner of the greater Metropolitan Area? Do you know that they began pushing for a light rail system in Seattle back in 1968? It still doesn't go any further than between Westlake and the airport, and it's only been half a century. They didnt even break ground on it for four decades after Forward Thrust started the conversation on light rail. At this pace, we'll get around to connecting White Center, Shoreline, Redmond and the Tacoma Link to the Central Link sometime in the next millennium.

We are arguably, the most environmentally friendly part of the Union. We are the most progressive metropolitan area in the country, hands down. And yet, we all want to drive cars. A mayor that installs bike lanes is considered 'radical'? Tim Eyman's first [political success? Car-tabs. I mean, come on, how cognitively dissonant can you get?

Your car sucks. Critical Mass is right. Almost all your carbon emissions come from than clunker. Pissed at the XL pipeline? Then why are you buying all that gas? Worried about our government's tendency to declare war on countries that have lots of oil? Then stop creating a market for oil. Hate Dick Cheney? If you stop buying gas, Halliburton loses profits.

And in the face of this, you propose gondolas. Send the tourists to the Puyallup Fair if they want gondolas. Finish the light rail instead.
Posted by Tacoma Traveler]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:53:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by McBomber]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:37:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sugartit]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:10:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Joe Glibmoron]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:51:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by treacle]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:48:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Soupytwist]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:24:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by mellythepirate]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:14:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by zonod]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:59:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Frank Blethen's vodka distiller]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:39:15 -0800 The Stranger Posted by emma's bee]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:27:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Clara T]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:00:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by fletc3her]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:49:08 -0800 The Stranger