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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Transportation and climate get hitched Seattle-area voters tied the knot	Eric de Place	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill
In the Seattle metro region, voters just sank an $18 billion transportation megaproposal that would have built more than 180 lanes miles of highway and 50 miles of light rail. But so far, the mainstream press has missed one of the most important stories of the year. The real story isn't tax fatigue, it's this: perhaps for the first time ever in the U.S., a critical bloc of voters linked transportation choices to climate protection. In the run-up to the vote, a surpr ...
Topics: cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, local politics, placemaking, politics, public transportation, Seattle (all these topics)

Seattle's difficult decision: Cary Moon She prefers a 'people's waterfront'	David Roberts	12 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Seattle is facing a difficult decision: what to do with a crumbling highway that serves as a major north-south corridor through the city? Below, we hear from Cary Moon. Cary is a landscape and urban designer and co-founder of the People's Waterfront Coalition. The PWC's No-Highway option won second prize in a national design competition sponsored by Metropolis magazine, called 'Next Generation: Big Idea.' ----- Faced with a maddening choice between two miserable hi ...
Topics: local politics, placemaking, politics, public transportation, Seattle (all these topics)

Seattle's difficult decision: Erica C. Barnett She says no and hell no	David Roberts	11 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Seattle is facing a difficult decision: what to do with a crumbling highway that serves as a major north-south corridor through the city? Below, we hear from Erica C. Barnett. Erica is the senior news writer for Seattle's alternative newsweekly, The Stranger, where she covers City Hall and transportation, writes a weekly politics column, and serves on the paper's editorial board. She also has a blog. ----- Voters in Seattle are being asked to take up-or-down ...
Topics: local politics, placemaking, politics, public transportation, Seattle (all these topics)

Seattle's difficult decision: A mini-series Because local transportation choices aren't local any more	David Roberts	11 Mar 2007	Gristmill
As Bradley noted below, the citizens of Seattle face a dilemma. The Alaskan Way Viaduct -- an elevated highway that enters Seattle on its west flank, offering stunning views (to drivers) of the city and the waterfront -- is falling apart. There's real danger that an earthquake, or just Father Time, could send it tumbling down, along with lots of cars. Nobody wants that. That's where the consensus ends. The question is: what should we do about it? In some sense th ...
Topics: local politics, placemaking, politics, public transportation, Seattle (all these topics)

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