How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's double decker tunnel
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How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's double decker tunnel
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#3“Celebrated replacement”? I mean, I just walked through the new tunnel for it’s public opening as a curiosity, but I’m not sure it’s celebrated per se.
Don’t get me wrong, I am delighted to see the viaduct go, but I’m not sure the replacement is needed, or really a replacement. I also think that they’re essentially building a surface level highway along the waterfront, which to me diminishes what could have been a truly world-class waterfront.
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#4I'm really glad to see some cities still invest in unified, balanced public transportation infrastructure like this. Seattle is a great example of what all cities should be striving for.
Re: How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's double decker tunnel
#5“Celebrated replacement”? I mean, I just walked through the new tunnel for it’s public opening as a curiosity, but I’m not sure it’s celebrated per se. Don’t get me wrong, I am delighted to see the viaduct go, but I’m not sure the replacement is needed, or really a replacement. I also think that they’re essentially building a surface level highway along the waterfront, which to me diminishes what could have been a tr…
Alaskan Way was a busy 4 lane road prior to the seawall replacement project and SR-99 construction, the two addes lanes are dedicated for busses.
Really wish we had kept rail along this alignment (rather than letting Seattle Art Museum destroy the waterfront trolley), but short of that we are stuck with making busses fast and reliable.
Wrt cutting this down to 1 lane in either direction for regular cars, in the context of the ferry queues clogging Alaskan Way currently, narrowing the road would create a waterfront parking lot between ferries.
Running the park down the middle of the road would be enjoyable, Portland has a few nice parks of that style
Re: How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's double decker tunnel
#6I'm really glad to see some cities still invest in unified, balanced public transportation infrastructure like this. Seattle is a great example of what all cities should be striving for.
I think what was missed during this viadoom was that SR-99 allowed many employers to demand people needlessly commute to an office, when most of the former daily users could work from home or at a closer location.
The Wednesday after the Viaduct closed, I dropped by a few office buildings, and business after business was operating with only a handful of the usual staff on site. Most of those office employees are only on site daily due to poor management IMO.
Re: How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's double decker tunnel
#7“Celebrated replacement”? I mean, I just walked through the new tunnel for it’s public opening as a curiosity, but I’m not sure it’s celebrated per se. Don’t get me wrong, I am delighted to see the viaduct go, but I’m not sure the replacement is needed, or really a replacement. I also think that they’re essentially building a surface level highway along the waterfront, which to me diminishes what could have been a tr…
Alaskan Way was a busy 4 lane road prior to the seawall replacement project and SR-99 construction, the two addes lanes are dedicated for busses. Really wish we had kept rail along this alignment (rather than letting Seattle Art Museum destroy the waterfront trolley), but short of that we are stuck with making busses fast and reliable. Wrt cutting this down to 1 lane in either direction for regular cars, in the conte…
Portland also entirely replaced our waterfront highway with an enormous park, probably not the precedent you're looking for.
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https://getlighthouse.com/blog/silicon-valley-bad-managers/
https://www.philanthropy.com/article/A-Star-Performer-Create...
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/internati...
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/emily-chang-brotopia-silicon-v...
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/297481
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/03/11/bro-culture-poison...
https://www.quora.com/Is-the-culture-in-the-Silicon-Valley-b...
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/ellen-pao-memoir-sil...
https://www.recode.net/2018/2/5/16972096/emily-chang-brotopi...
https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Silicon-Valley-Community-F...
https://www.wired.com/story/everyone-hates-silicon-valley-ex...
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#10There was an 8k run today along the new tunnel and the soon-to-be-destroyed Viaduct. Aside from being insanely packed, it was a really cool experience getting to see the Viaduct one last time on foot and getting to see the tunnel while it's still shiny and new.