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Driving into a (Bored-)Hole (Tunnel): The Latest on Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 2:59pmThe recent news out of Seattle provides an interesting twist in the continuing Alaskan Way Viaduct saga.
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An Update from Seattle: Forget the Tunnel!
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 11:36amCould saner skies be clearing over Seattle? The Seattle Department of Transportation, in conjunction with San Francisco-based consulting agency Nelson Nygaard, has released a report concluding, amongst many other things, that the proposed tunnel project is unlikely to be the best and most cost-effec... read more »
Big Dig West Conversation Ratchets Up
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 11:09amThe Battle in Seattle continues. Standing tall with Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, CNU has been at the forefront of the fight in opposition to the $3.1 billion bored hole tunnel that is slated to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Over the last week, the conversation has ratcheted up, with a flurry of op... read more »
Tunnel Option Extends Life of Elevated Highway Despite Known Risk of Earthquake
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 03/16/2011 - 3:44pmRecent events in Japan have added yet another twist to the ongoing saga of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct. Before the earthquake and resulting tsunami, the Mayor and City Council duked it out over whether or not the City of Seattle would commit to replacing the damaged Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep... read more »
Mayor McGinn Vetoes Big Dig West
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 1:10pmGreat news in the fight against the tunnel due to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, aka "Big Dig West" - Mayor Mike McGinn, bravely going against nearly all of the Seattle City Council, has vetoed the contract to construct the tunnel, citing a variety of legitimate reasons.
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War on Cars? Or War on the Carless?
Submitted by norabeck on Sat, 01/29/2011 - 11:46amSeattle's Publicola, in anticipation of an upcoming panel discussion on the War on Cars, invited two of their panelists to guest editorials. David Roberts, from Grist, wrote The War on the Carless.
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Alaskan Way Viaduct
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 1:34pmCheck out this excellent article in Grist about the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, featuring an article with Cary Moon, spokesperson forthe People's Waterfront Coalition.
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Highway to Boulevard?: Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct
Submitted by Colleen Foran on Tue, 12/07/2010 - 12:14pmIn 2008, it was announced that Seattle’s major north-south thoroughfare, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, was beyond repair and would need to be torn down by 2012.
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Barnett lays out the facts on Seattle's Road Diets
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:50amErica Barnett, in a Publicola article, "Times Columnist Ignores the Facts on Road Diets" tears apart the arguments put forth by a recent Seattle Times columnist, Nicole Brodeur, on road diets -- see "Bike lanes... read more »
Seattle's Tunnel Debacle Continues
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 4:02pmCheck out Dominic Holden's assessment of the Seattle City Council actions to allow the State to replace Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep-bore tunnel in the Stranger's What Could Possibly Go Wrong, July 7, 2010.... read more »