Jonathan, I'm wondering if you and others (perhaps other former SMP execs) might tell folks again how 'light rail cannot climb the grades necessary to get...
You know, I really think this is pointless, Chad. Just get over it. Meanwhile, the question isn't what happened, it's what is GOING to happen. West Seattle?...
JB: any source for the $1.5M figure? Cleve ... From: Jonathan Buchter <jbuchter@...> To: friendsofthemonorail@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, 30 May 2007...
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Don may be the only one who appreciates this: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1424328 Michael 8-) [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I think the campaign reports, but I don't remember. This is a portion of something I wrote a year or so ago for a visiting journalist. Jonathan Buchter ...
Don't be ridiculous, Chad... The Mayor and the City Council didn't force the SMP to go back and get a new plan. And they didn't force a vote on the plan. They...
Come to think of it, let's not forget that more than one of the Council members claimed afterwards to be sorry that the monorail had been defeated, and to...
Well, Will, we do have more buses at shorter headways... I'm sure that was worth countless millions and hours of our time wasted... ... From: Will Affleck-Asch...
1. I don't recall that there was any issue with regard to the grades in West Seattle being too steep for either monorail or light rail. The maximum grades for...
Been spelunking around the City archives and have come across a trove of information on the old Municipal Railway routes that ran through West Seattle from...
actually the engineering folks I've spoken to suggest that the existing WSB would NOT be able to support LR, and a dedicated bridge would need to be built....
one quick additional note. Cascadia was able to limit the max grade on the actual guideways to 5% - these occured on WSB, and two short segments along 35th...
Folks.... The reason I started this conversation was to point out that the important feature of light rail - that it is cheaper to build - goes away once you...
totally agreed (don't want anyone accusing me of going soft on MR), the difference here is that half of distance from Alaska Junction to Downtown has already...
$60M a mile is much more than the cost of the Green Line guideway. ... From: friendsofthemonorail@yahoogroups.com <friendsofthemonorail@yahoogroups.com> To:...
much more? I'm extremely doubtful that the cost to construct 1 mile of dual beam guideway, columns, etc. is much less than the $60M. apples to apples. btw:...
You could look it up. Common sense would suggest that the cost of an elevated pan supporting two sets of rails with ballast (much wider and heavier) will...
... the difference here is that half of distance from Alaska Junction to Downtown has already been built. I'm fully confident that even with a new LR bridge...
Actually, the largest cost component will be the land and right of ways for the line and then for the stations. And legal and permit services for the above. ...
I believe that the capacity of the downtown LRT tunnel is maxed out once LRT lines are added to Bellevue. ... From: Jonathan Buchter <jbuchter@...> ...
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I have seen the numbers, first hand. Jonathan you're batting 0-2. the numbers are not the magnitude that you are suggesting. LR guideways while more heavy,...
actually the sections in Tukwilla are 'mass' produced - not on the scale of an auto assembly line, but at the scale that they become cost effect for lines of...
my understanding is that it would NOT be maxed out - with 4 minute headways to WS, Airport, Northgate-Bellevue respectively but this is certainly something...
actually upon closer inspection the plan looks to be rather prudent with a debt servicing ratio of 2.2 (i.e. $2,200 in payments for every $1000 borrowed) vs....
Glad to see that you know more than the experts on all the subjects of the last four emails. It's unfortunate that the speculations of amateurs continue to...
please feel free at anytime to refute anything I've posted. I'm all for rigor and fact. btw: I've claimed no such expertise, only an informed point of view....
... There is an actual issue with this. The faster that the piece is put in place the less disruption for people who live along the rail line. No one cares how...
... It was my understanding that when the Eastside cars start using the tunnel then the buses would be ejected. It makes some sense as theoretically those same...
again agreed, headway contention may well be an issue - it would need further investigation (rather than to dismiss out of hand). For example, would running...
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