1. And those hydrocarbons emitted in honor of the temporary bother of actually fixing I-5, a very useful road, are a mere nothing.

Relative to what? Relative to those hydrocarbons which would be generated by the genius schemes promoted not long ago to dump the entire contents of Highway 99, permanently, onto the guaranteed gridlock of the surface streets of Seattle.

Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive on August 19, 2007 11:44 AM

2. So has someone done a study on this from a GW / Carbon Footprint perspective?

Using numbers derived from both the Gore and Transit worshipping loons, let's figure some stuff out. Building both light rail and additional roads/lanes will add some nasty GHGs into the atmo. Both, however, will result in some GHG savings. One of the costs of transit over roads is to make cars less efficient because they stand in traffic for longer periods of time. More lanes may add to the total number of cars, but each car will be more efficient.

My guess is that roads/lanes will leave a smaller total carbon footprint than will light rail.

Posted by: Seabecker on August 19, 2007 12:05 PM

3. They NEVER mention the extra traffic on I 405. The last 2 weekends it has been stop and go even before noon when it is usually not like that on the weekends. I am talking about northbound all the way until I90. We need 2 more lanes on this section of highway already and I am not going to hold my breath for that one.........

I have gone from supporting light rail to totally dismissing it until we fix the roads. Build it and they will come is the equivalent of don't build and they will come anyway. Build more roads now.

Posted by: Jack's Son on August 19, 2007 12:30 PM

4. They NEVER mention the extra traffic on I 405. The last 2 weekends it has been stop and go even before noon when it is usually not like that on the weekends. I am talking about northbound all the way until I90. We need 2 more lanes on this section of highway already and I am not going to hold my breath for that one.........

I have gone from supporting light rail to totally dismissing it until we fix the roads. Build it and they will come is the equivalent of don't build and they will come anyway. Build more roads now.

Posted by: Jack's Son on August 19, 2007 12:31 PM

5. I've not heard ANYONE mention the fact that Tuesday is Primary Election Day and that drastically increased traffic could affect the ability of some people to get the polls.

Posted by: pudge on August 19, 2007 11:02 PM

6. The article points out that Seattleites are calmly sitting in traffic, making no attempt to work around the construction. And it also points out there is a big Hempfest.

Posted by: Jeff B. on August 19, 2007 11:44 PM

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