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Alaskan Way was a busy 4 lane road prior to the seawall replacement project and SR-99 construction, the two addes lanes are dedicated for busses. Really wish w
by metildaa 8y ago
Alaskan Way was a busy 4 lane road prior to the seawall replacement project and SR-99 construction, the two addes lanes are dedicated for busses.
Really wish we had kept rail along this alignment (rather than letting Seattle Art Museum destroy the waterfront trolley), but short of that we are stuck with making busses fast and reliable.
Wrt cutting this down to 1 lane in either direction for regular cars, in the context of the ferry queues clogging Alaskan Way currently, narrowing the road would create a waterfront parking lot between ferries.
Running the park down the middle of the road would be enjoyable, Portland has a few nice parks of that style
- jaggederest 8y agoPortland also entirely replaced our waterfront highway with an enormous park, probably not the precedent you're looking for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Drive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Drive
- m741 8y agoOut of curiosity, why is this not a good precedent? Were the results bad, or because it's Portland?
- metildaa 8y agoThis freeway removal project was generally considered a success, I know I rather enjoyed the benefits of the new waterfront park in Portland when I was younger. Lots of good memories!
- jaggederest 8y agoNot a good precedent as far as "We can't remove this road entirely". Road entirely removed, everyone was happy.