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- From: dxxb@hardy.u.washington.edu (David Barts)
- Newsgroups: seattle.general
- Subject: Re: Transit system in Seattle (Re: Following distance Was (Re: Why CAN'T people drive 55?!))
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 23:39:18 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington
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- Compared to most other cities of similar size, I'd have to say
- Seattle's mass transit is pretty good. A few years ago I was in
- Denver for a week. Knowing that where'd I'd be staying is about
- as far from downtown Denver as my house is from downtown Seattle
- (and both cities are roughly the same size), I decided not to rent
- a car. After all, there's at least a half-dozen bus lines within
- 1/4 mile of my house, with buses leaving for someplace nearby every
- few minutes during rush hour, every 15 minutes dirung weekdays,
- and every half hour on weekends. Yes, and both places were equally
- far from major arterials.
-
- I got to Denver and "WHAT?!? Only ONE lousy bus route nearby with
- at least NINETY minutes between each bus? And NO express routes
- to downtown at all??" Needless to say, I rented a car the next
- day.
-
- However, I would not give Metro the award for the best transit
- system. Portland's Tri-Met is way ahead of us (PDX is smaller than
- Seattle, and ALREADY has a light rail system IN PLACE), and would
- probably get my award.
-
- Maybe they gave Tri-Met the award for several years in a row, got
- bored, and decided to pick Metro just to change things a bit.
- --
- David Barts N5JRN UW Civil Engineering, FX-10
- davidb@ce.washington.edu Seattle, WA 98195
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