Re: WSS79’s first comment, something I’ve meant to say for a while … a note about what can be inferred/assumed/etc. from comments, and what can’t: Much as we appreciate them, even a very busy story comments-wise – say, 100 or more – is a third of one percent of the 30,000 people who will see the story over the course of several days. On national sites, the percentage is even tinier – millions reading, hundreds commenting. So please don’t ever, here on WSB or anywhere else, assume that comments are a precise reflection of sentiment for the wider population or even the entirety of the readership. Certainly they confer visibility for those who choose to have their voices heard, so if you don’t see your sentiment reflected, please consider taking a moment even to say something simple so that it is! And on the converse, if you feel strongly, please also use official comment channels to reach decisionmakers directly – and if there is a meeting or other event for which you can show up in person, that often speaks loudest of all – Tracy

This just is so frustrating. I have to walk past a drive-in Starbuck’s every morning–nearly every morning I have to wait for cars to drive in and out, or feel guilty if they stop for me because then I’m impeding traffic. Then I go past a fast food parking lot where I have to walk in the road because someone has parked their truck so that the back end hangs over the sidewalk, and there’s a tree in the median strip.

Most of the businesses other than in the junction have the parking lot in front so that cars can get in and out easily, and anyone who arrives on foot or who took the bus there or even a bike has to cut through the parking lot and dodge cars arriving and leaving.

I’m not saying this is wrong, as most people have cars. I just wish that people would stop saying there’s a war on cars or that cars are being ignored, because from what I can see almost everything is made for cars, and if you don’t have one or choose to use public transportation or walk, you have kind of a lousy pedestrian experience.

Chris–I doubt very much we’ll get light rail over here until we densify, something that so many people seem to be opposed to if I can go by the comments on here. West Seattle isn’t very dense compared to, say, Capitol Hill or even Ballard. (They’re at least considering Ballard for light rail.)

Scott – Regarding former Mayor Greg Nickels, he’s the one who created the Bicycle Master Plan, first introduced in 2007:
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http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2003651406_webbikeplan04m.html
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Regarding occupancy of vehicles – even if two people ride in a car, that still uses a lot less of its space than a one-person bicycle. And unlike cars and other four (or more)-wheeled vehicles – of which I wholeheartedly admit to being a fulltime user – a basic bicycle cannot go rolling down the road with an empty seat.
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But *please*, everyone with an interest, participate in the process. Despite the occasional skeptic/naysayer/”it doesn’t matter, they’ll do what they want,” there are many examples of community input making a difference/change in plans from road configuration to developments. – TR

The project proposed in this WSB post would take away TJ’s current loading area. I am curious to know what TJ plan to do for loading instead when this project moves forward.

We discussed alternatives such as a local “loop” route for WS (trolly?), privately funded options, etc. All planning for WS is focused on busses and only busses.

Feel free to send your comments to:
LongRangePlan@soundtransit.org and if you haven’t done so the survey:
http://www.soundtransit.org/LongRangePlan

These are what we call: facts.