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Architecture & Engineering


Clive Shearer
Management
by Design
By Clive Shearer
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May 12, 2004

Management by Design: Seattle region comes of age by building new rail systems

  • Like other major metropolises around the world, Seattle will offer choices to battle traffic.
    • By CLIVE SHEARER
    Special to the Journal

    Seattle is a magnificent city. It has economic power, a scenic setting and a strategic location on the West Coast. I have visited many beautiful areas around the world, and Seattle, surrounded by lakes and mountains, ranks high.

    There is only one black mark against the city: limited transportation choices. This fault lies at no one's feet, for at root it is caused by geography, a city constrained between shores. Buses do a valiant job in attempting to transport commuters, but population growth has clogged streets, which buses must negotiate.


     
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