Car-sharing Startups’ Unknown Fate
The fate of those pink mustachioed cars that ferry people around for the cost of a donation will be decided … Continue reading Car-sharing Startups’ Unknown Fate
Tag: transportation
The Divorce: Washington State Republicans vs. Big Business & Boeing
But Boeing’s support — and that of heavyweights the Association of Washington Business and Washington Roundtable — for a $9.5-billion transportation package was not enough for Washington’s Senate Republicans, who were against a 10-cent gas tax increase (phased in over five years, upped two cents annually). Continue reading The Divorce: Washington State Republicans vs. Big Business & Boeing
Seattle Takes Light Rail Train to Job Growth
In a related Reuters story, APTA spotlights Seattle, “where transit rides rose 11.8 percent over the year as the metropolitan area added more than 30,000 jobs.” From January 2012 to January 2013, the state of Washington added some 65,800 jobs (98 percent of which were in the private sector), with the unemployment rate now holding steady at around 7.5 percent statewide, 6.3 percent in Seattle. Continue reading Seattle Takes Light Rail Train to Job Growth
Seattle Public Schools to Parents: Psych! Now You Give Us $1 Billion?
While I was trying to make sense of this dishearteningly stupid story, Seattle Public Schools made a new announcement: “New proposal calls for return to current 2011-12 transportation plan and minimal impact to current bell times.”
Seattle Schools Community Forum, which has been watchdogging the district on this, calls the statement a “remarkable piece of dis-information.” It’s hard to argue with their concerns about how transportation logistics became a last-minute fire drill. Continue reading Seattle Public Schools to Parents: Psych! Now You Give Us $1 Billion?
Seattle Cyclists Hold Memorial Ride for the Fallen
Following Saturday’s “Moving Planet Seattle” rally, a group of nearly a hundred cyclists rode through South Lake Union and up to the University District, past the memorials commemorating the recent deaths of three Seattle-area cyclists.
You were supposed to show up at the Moving Planet Seattle rally in some colorful form of non-automotive transportation. Bicycles were the most popular choice: Several hundred bikes were in Lake Union Park when I arrived. Continue reading Seattle Cyclists Hold Memorial Ride for the Fallen
Uber Seattle Brings Town Cars to a Taxi-Starved Populace
As GeekWire reports, “Uber is contracting with about 40 private drivers in the Seattle area,” which so far has meant that we haven’t waited more than five minutes for a driver to arrive, even in the aftermath of the Torchlight Parade. Cook continues: “Uber charges a $7 base and $3.75 per mile or a 75 cent per minute time fee based on how fast the car is moving. A special rate between downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac airport is set at $50.” Continue reading Uber Seattle Brings Town Cars to a Taxi-Starved Populace
Earthquake Prep: Is the Northwest Tech Sector Ready?
Bellevue does sit right on top of the Seattle Fault Zone, on a section that has broken the surface and thrust itself upward. As such, the area has experienced repeated very intense shaking, much larger than any of the earthquakes we’ve had since the city was founded. Are Eastside buildings ready for that earthquake? It is worth taking the time to work out how well the buildings you occupy handle quakes: Were they built with earthquakes in mind? Continue reading Earthquake Prep: Is the Northwest Tech Sector Ready?