Comments on: Can we afford to go back to streetcars? http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/06/can-we-afford-to-go-back-to-streetcars/ This blog will focus on how Seattle shapes itself -- its design, its planning and its aspirations. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nancylee http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/06/can-we-afford-to-go-back-to-streetcars/#comment-96 Nancylee Sat, 10 May 2008 04:28:06 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/06/can-we-afford-to-go-back-to-streetcars/#comment-96 What about trying a simple PRT route? Or atleast let people know about it? See these 3 sites, first two have videos, 3rd answers most questions. GetThereFast.org SkyWebExpress.com or Taxi2000.com http://kinetic.seattle.wa.us/prt.html What about trying a simple PRT route?
Or atleast let people know about it?

See these 3 sites, first two have videos, 3rd answers most questions.

GetThereFast.org
SkyWebExpress.com or Taxi2000.com
http://kinetic.seattle.wa.us/prt.html

]]> By: Nancy http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/06/can-we-afford-to-go-back-to-streetcars/#comment-92 Nancy Thu, 08 May 2008 19:09:15 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/06/can-we-afford-to-go-back-to-streetcars/#comment-92 According to Steve, "My grandmother remembers when it was assumed you would take the streetcar everywhere in Seattle." Let's recall that, in their heyday, streetcars were so popular because the average person didn't drive, let alone have, a private car. Today the ratio of trolleys to private vehicles is markedly different. Given our already crowded arterials and low funding for street repairs, adding trolley tracks to the traffic doesn't make as much sense. According to Steve, “My grandmother remembers when it was assumed you would take the streetcar everywhere in Seattle.”
Let’s recall that, in their heyday, streetcars were so popular because the average person didn’t drive, let alone have, a private car. Today the ratio of trolleys to private vehicles is markedly different. Given our already crowded arterials and low funding for street repairs, adding trolley tracks to the traffic doesn’t make as much sense.

]]> By: Steve http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/06/can-we-afford-to-go-back-to-streetcars/#comment-88 Steve Wed, 07 May 2008 19:54:30 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/06/can-we-afford-to-go-back-to-streetcars/#comment-88 Remember that a lot of the cost of the streetcar is rebuilding the streets, which in some cases are things we need to do anyway. But yeah, it seems insane that we're talking about running a streetcar up Westlake after it seems like we just pulled the rails out a few years back... Remember that a lot of the cost of the streetcar is rebuilding the streets, which in some cases are things we need to do anyway.

But yeah, it seems insane that we’re talking about running a streetcar up Westlake after it seems like we just pulled the rails out a few years back…

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