How much MVET will SMP have taken in? June '03 to Aug. '06, first year was .8%. Maybe $180,000,000? On the liability side, the land purchases/sales will be...
... Duh. Forgot the payments to DBOM bidders. How much did Cascadia end up getting? DBOM termination fee, plus payment for submitting conforming bid, plus ??...
DOL made millions from the SMP MVET. Collection fees off the top, new computer system, etc. The total must have been pretty hefty . . .. Maybe the law firms...
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/265350_tl104.html ======================== City gets monorail grant P-I STAFF The City Council on Monday approved...
" While the City Council decides whether the monorail is worth saving beyond just the next few years, alternatives such as streetcars or a newer elevated...
Elevated skytrain ATG lightrail. I had a phone call from the publisher of the Weekly about the Viaduct yesterday, something's in the air. On Wed, 05 Apr 2006...
"Seattle officials are asking for residents' opinions about how to fix the city's ailing transportation system, and they're getting feedback that they didn't...
Let me make sure I follow Step 1) Starve/kill (with inside help) Green Line Monorail Step 2) Crash and not fix (expand) long-deferred Seattle Center/city ...
... If I had a go back in time machine and the power of persuasion, I'd go back in time and make Sound Transit build an Alweg monorail everywhere and leave the...
U all recall Michael's tale of meeting with council member Della, who's chairman of the parks committee, under which Seattle Center operates, and beneath...
it's all about the money. I thought you knew that. Note that 2/3rds of Seattle voters want a rebuilt Elevated Viaduct - plus increased bike paths and bus...
Yeah, but SkyTrain doesn't make sense. Why not just do a new monorail bid? If he's proposing expansions of Link, though, I thought ST has been leaning towards...
RE: the article, I believe y'all have heard me complain at least once before about how the bridge can back up onto West Seattle streets... Charles and I...
That was certainly overwhelmingly true in the meeting I attended. Of course, many people showed up specifically because they are angry about the tunnel. ... ...
One of the continuing problems with Sound Transit for many of us in this group, however, is that its mission is to serve the REGION and connect *cities* with...
"The system also needs another $10 million or so in upgrades and maintenance that have been put off for several years while awaiting decisions on its fate." ...
Also from the P-I story: "Some have suggested that it is outmoded and could be replaced by more reliable and efficient transportation." At first I thought,...
And the trains finally after 40 years and recent years of neglect do need upgrades. I don't see a single bus on Seattle streets today that was running 40...
Well, if you want that to happen, you need a citizens brigade continuously barraging city hall and the council chambers and the various floors of the muni...
I'll offer my apologies in advance that this is not monorail related though it does concern an automated transit system that rides on rubber tires. The...
For an example closer to home (if home is Seattle), try the SkyTrain in Vancouver. The system runs automated, and the headways there are two or three minutes...
"Midway through its big liquidation sale, the Seattle Monorail Project (SMP) is recovering almost 1-½ times what it spent to buy land for the canceled Green...
What he said. My sister has her kids in day care in Lynnwood. She works in Pioneer Square. I work in Fremont and live in the Central District. We both take the...
Hm. It hurts me to admit it, "why invest so much and then switch technologies..." True... but actually Sound Transit, I think, doesn't HAVE to "switch," but...
Sigh. For some "people," light rail is in their blood cough*Conlin*cough. I totally agree with Mike. Hm. In-city application for LINK should definitely stay...
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