seattle_native

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   by seattle_native 10y ago

   Sure. Though I would hardly qualify Seattle as "dense". We are mostly single family housing
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   by seattle_native 10y ago

   Have you calculated out the costs for you? Sound Transit floats a misleading "average $169" figure, but for a property owner it is much higher. Do you want to own a nice car? If you buy a 100k car you are on the hook for $800 extr
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   by seattle_native 10y ago

   >> the only way autonomous cars can actually decrease congestion is if ALL the cars on the road are networked and there can be a computer somewhere doing birds-eye planning on the whole fleet. That scenario is many decades away if it
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   by seattle_native 10y ago

   >> Again, false. One of the reasons why ST2 is under budget is that Sound Transit got a lower interest rate than they expected on the bonds they issued, specifically because they're one of the best-run, most efficient mass transi
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   by seattle_native 10y ago

   This article completely fails to mention how much of this initiative is mired in corruption and inefficiency. A portion of ST3 is to pay for ST2 and ST1, which both went over budget. In those cases, union and industry donated massive amount