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funny example, bellevue is the atherton of seattle. they caused such a stink during planning of the line 2 extension microsoft, boeing and t-mobile sent the cit

funny example, bellevue is the atherton of seattle. they caused such a stink during planning of the line 2 extension microsoft, boeing and t-mobile sent the city council a letter telling them to shut the hell up

lostmsu 5y ago
I live in Bellevue, but did not track that saga here. Can you link a news article or a discussion that could be made sense of?
- andbberger 5y ago
  the wiki page is excellent, and clearly written by someone who was tired of all the bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_2_(Sound_Transit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_2_(Sound_Transit)
  - golem14 5y ago
    Seems rather tame compared to Palo Alto's response to BART/Caltrain changes ... :)
    - andbberger 5y ago
      greatest NIMBYs in the world. richard mlynarik's latest grade separation crayons leave palo alto and atherton untouched, which I find hillarious
- WalterBright 5y ago
  I could never get the Seattle Times to ask questions about why the Eastside Rail Corridor, running from Renton to Bothell along I405, could not be used. Their journalism about it looked like press releases from the government. Though I have gotten hate mail calling me an uninformed idiot to imagine that railroad tracks paralleling the most congested freeway in the state could be used for light rail. No, it must be destroyed. This isn't the only track the county has destroyed. There's the line from Renton to Black Diamond that was used to stuff a mattress, and one paralleling Bothell Way that was used as a beehive.
- Manuel_D 5y ago
  The condensed story is that Bellevue city council wanted the rail line to more closely follow I-405 and I-90.
  - WalterBright 5y ago
    The rail corridor parallels I-405. In fact, it crosses over it and under it. What more could they want?
    - andbberger 5y ago
      kemper freeman deserves a lot of the blame, lobbied against it and bought out the council. why a developer would be against something that increases real-estate prices is beyond me
    - Manuel_D 5y ago
      It diverges West, South of downtown Bellevue and follows Bellevue Way. The city council wanted it to follow I-405: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:East_Link_alignments_in_Bellevue,_2010.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:East_Link_alignments_in_B...

lostmsu 5y ago

I live in Bellevue, but did not track that saga here. Can you link a news article or a discussion that could be made sense of?

andbberger 5y ago
the wiki page is excellent, and clearly written by someone who was tired of all the bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_2_(Sound_Transit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_2_(Sound_Transit)
- golem14 5y ago
  Seems rather tame compared to Palo Alto's response to BART/Caltrain changes ... :)
  - andbberger 5y ago
    greatest NIMBYs in the world. richard mlynarik's latest grade separation crayons leave palo alto and atherton untouched, which I find hillarious
WalterBright 5y ago
I could never get the Seattle Times to ask questions about why the Eastside Rail Corridor, running from Renton to Bothell along I405, could not be used. Their journalism about it looked like press releases from the government. Though I have gotten hate mail calling me an uninformed idiot to imagine that railroad tracks paralleling the most congested freeway in the state could be used for light rail. No, it must be destroyed. This isn't the only track the county has destroyed. There's the line from Renton to Black Diamond that was used to stuff a mattress, and one paralleling Bothell Way that was used as a beehive.
Manuel_D 5y ago
The condensed story is that Bellevue city council wanted the rail line to more closely follow I-405 and I-90.
- WalterBright 5y ago
  The rail corridor parallels I-405. In fact, it crosses over it and under it. What more could they want?
  - andbberger 5y ago
    kemper freeman deserves a lot of the blame, lobbied against it and bought out the council. why a developer would be against something that increases real-estate prices is beyond me
  - Manuel_D 5y ago
    It diverges West, South of downtown Bellevue and follows Bellevue Way. The city council wanted it to follow I-405: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:East_Link_alignments_in_Bellevue,_2010.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:East_Link_alignments_in_B...