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February 1, 2017 at 7:43 pm #872596
JayDeeParticipantAside from the C,all other routes (56,57,37) among others will be routed up Yesler on the way to First Hill. The text of my comment will follow, but you should grouse too if you think this is messed up.
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I really wonder if folks who come up with the Conceptual Design ride transit. I ride buses 5 days a week from West Seattle on the 56. I get off the bus at Union and 3rd, and walk 1,500 feet to my job at 6th and Union, near the high point of the city. Going home I walk 1,700 feet to the bus stop at Spring and 3rd. If I get off at Yesler, I am looking at 4,500 feet to work at 6th and Union, and 3,700 feet from work back to Yesler. This is why I don’t take the water taxi–Pioneer Square is crappy for peds and after a broken back walking that far every day might be good for my heart but bad for my back. While I am young at 55, I am old enough for AARP. I wonder about the others who are older than more or disabled trying to go downtown?Asking folk to line up and scrum for a light rail train that has already harvested riders from 15+ stops and is packed to the gills is dumb. Asking folk who work downtown to trek two miles a day…and spend 40+ additional minutes to work doing so is wrong. Which lucky riders get to keep going down 3rd? Ban all cars from third. Maybe have a split so that not all West Seattle buses get the shaft of Yesler. Henry’s last laugh no doubt.
February 2, 2017 at 9:32 am #872653
SueParticipantI wrote comments to them that had a lot of similarities. I’m a disabled woman with a cane, and I live 1 block from the 55 and get off at 3rd & Union, 1 block on the other end to work. I don’t wish to change buses in Pioneer Square where I do not feel safe even during the day – and coming from someone from New York City, this says a lot. Last time I was in Pioneer Square after dark and went to the light rail station, someone was screaming at me for money, and when I ignored her, she followed me all the way down to the platform, escalating her screaming at me, and then when she caught up with me was in my face, demanding to know why I ignored her. I was terrified. Even during the day when I got out of the bus tunnel to go to the courthouse, people harassed me. I have no interest in changing buses there, especially to an already over-packed light rail train. If I have to take the C, that means an extra block and a half at the start, and I either have to get off on the Seneca hill (difficult for me with the cane and breathing difficulties), or I would have to get off at Pike/Pine and walk back a few blocks. Not to mention fighting for seats.
As a renter who takes public transit to work, I pick a home very carefully based on the easiest one-bus commute to work. When I lived on Fauntleroy I took the 54 Express to work since I lived directly across the street. When they cancelled that bus in favor of the C, that meant I either had to walk several blocks to the C, or I had to take the local bus through SODO which took longer, and also fight for a seat. And the commute is already presumably going to be worse to begin with once the viaduct comes down and all the buses go on surface streets. I feel like they are giving me lots of reasons to not continue living in West Seattle, which is a shame.
February 2, 2017 at 7:25 pm #872710
JanSParticipantpeople who know me know I do not take the bus. I don’t go to downtown proper. My visits are mainly to 7th and Madison Polyclinic. I work at home. I am disabled, walk with a cane, and lucky that I can get a whole block. Metro told me they could get me to 3rd and Seneca, and then I should walk to 7th and Madison. Yeah, right. Not happening. I have been driving there, single occupancy car. Now I am using the Hyde Shuttle, which is a free (donation) shuttle the size of an Access Van. You have to plan days and days in advance, works for planned doc appts.Is only for seniors, you can google Hyde Shuttle to sign up, etc. Still sometimes takes more hours than I’d like. Even under this new thing, still no service to 7th and Madison without having to walk more than I care to. So, I simply don’t use Metro anymore.
February 3, 2017 at 6:12 am #872746
KatherineLParticipantCity planners seem to think that Seattle is composed exclusively of young athletes. Too bad wishing doesn’t make it so.
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