BIKE: Toll road, monorail troubles, etc.

[Patrick Goetz]

Roger Baker wrote:
> 
> Why didn't they just shove aside all the cars on welfare and put in 
> reliable, well-engineered, predictable, high capacity, ground level 
> light rail into the newly liberated street space? Its never too late to 
> learn I suppose. -- R
> 
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/210331_monorail02.html
> 

Um, do you mean like the street rail system they already have (Sound 
Transit) which

  1) is years behind schedule
  2) is projected to cost 35% more per mile than the monorail is 
contractually determined to cost?

Roger seems to forget that the people in Seattle voted themselves a 
monorail system -- 4 times now, never mind that it would be kind of 
weird for them to prefer a system which is A) slower B) more expensive 
C) considerably more dangerous and D) takes up more precious 
ground-level real estate.

Unless you come up with a transit solution which is superior to what 
exists now (hint: it has to at least be as good as my bicycle), you 
might as well be a monster truck driving road warrior, because you're 
effectively supporting the status quo.

But, you're absolutely right:  it's never too late to learn.