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Posted on 07/30/2008 3:08:36 PM PDT by sionnsar
Sheep.
I know what makes as much sense...let’s have electricity free days. Or, how about shoe free days? Maybe oxygen free days? How about days on which everyone wears green?
That’ll “save the Earth!”
Greg Nickels is a fat idiot. The only people this will benefit are the residents of Alki Beach! How is someone who lives downtown or on the east side supposed to get to Alki without a car? Public transit for an hour or so? Walk like some third world refugee? God, I am embarrassed for Seattle with its idiot mayor.
Wussies.
I'd like to see them close down all the streets on some Monday morning. From 6 AM to 10 AM. To where there was no one allowed to drive to work.
I'd like to see how far they get with THAT idea.
I haven’t been to Seattle in about 30 years. Do they still have those electric trolley buses?
Yes. They are also free in the downtown area until 7PM.
I think people depend a bit too much on their cars. I know a woman who drives 4 blocks to attend her weight watchers meetings, lol!
Shutting down the streets is a bit drastic though.
Car free days and statues of Lenin - Seattle’s got it all!
They did this in Italy in the 1970s during the OPEC crisis. Nobody could drive on Sundays. I’m not sure if it accomplished anything, because I was a kid at the time and didn’t have access to the Italian news.
When I lived in Belltown, I only took out the car the buy groceries or go up to Vancouver. Nevertheless, if you are in the outer neighborhoods (Lake City, Northgate, etc.) I don’t see how you can support this.
Yes. In the period 1979-81, the trolleybus network was expanded to (almost) its 1940 high point. In 1997, a new line was wired to the University District, and there are various other wiring projects on the boards if Metro gets enough money. While diesel bus transmissions can be destroyed by Seattle’s hills, the trolleybuses are as nimble as mountain goats.
In Florida, all box stores are set up so that you have to drive out of the parking lot a few feet to get to the parking lot of the store adjacent. You can’t walk between parking lots due to fences.
Hah! These tools will keep coming up with more and more bizarre, useless crap-for-the-peons to chew on. What’s next? Be-a-Tree Day? Live Like Veal Week? No-flush Month?
Oh good. I hope they make sure to make the streets fire truck, ambulance and police car free too. /sarc
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