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Vancouver s congested streets can be maddening but at least they near-gridlock makes it easier for pedestrians and bicyclists, as Hugeasscity writes. I ve got a couple quibbles.For one, I will definitely drive in Vancouver again. Skytrain is great ...

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It looks like the Canadian bureaucracy is STILL dragging its feet on adding needed rail service between Vancouver and Seattle.Meanwhile in Washington, legislators are planning to cut improvements that would make Amtrak faster and more reliable, while...

topics: olympics, planning, transit

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The Port of Seattle Commission recently reversed itself, voting to not increase its property-tax levy on the homeowners throughout King County. Why? The Seattle Times credited testimony by the Municipal League and individual taxpayers at a Commission...

topics: business, real-estate, tax, taxes

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It's been a while but I can't stay quiet any longer. The reason? There's a report out today with a couple dozen recommendations to improve Metro Transit. The biggest deal is calling for a Metro -- which serves the 1.9 million people of King County ...

topics: design, investment, transit

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I stopped by a forum on the proposed extensions of Seattle's streetcar yesterday afternoon -- and heard more objections to the idea of a citywide network than vision to make such a system work.At question is the idea of extending Seattle's stunted 1....

topics: design, transportation

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Just after paying my $145 monthly telecom bill, I noticed this Wall Street Journal story about how cities nationwide are trying to promote faster broadband Internet service.The problem is that much of the U.S. is falling behind other industrialized e...

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If you're curious about what kind of development will shape Seattle's future, increasingly the one place to turn for free, timely information is The Stranger's blog.At a time when metropolitan dailies like The Seattle Times are almost giving up on co...

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Vancouver wants to dramatically boost its Washington-bound exports of one product it has too much of: trash.And why not? Canadians would pay more to cover the cost of sending trash trains to a landfill on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gor...

topics: economy, olympics

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I published an op-ed in the Seattle Times today advocating variable pricing for roads as a method to lessen congestion.The idea of charging more during crowded times and less when fewer cars are on the road is nothing new to me (see this and this). ...

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This week British Columbia passed North America's first carbon tax, a big step toward tying sustainability, transportation and market forces. Why can't the rest of Cascadia build on the example?The tax has been in the works for a while but I missed t...

topics: business, carbon tax, emissions, environmental, sustainability