Tag: transportation
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Seattle’s Ballard Link: The World’s Most Expensive Subway?
The Link light rail extension to Ballard in Seattle is now estimated to be nearly double the previous estimate at an eye-popping $20-22B. This extension is expected to add 7.7 miles of new light rail service with nine new stations, putting the average cost per mile at a staggering $2.73B per mile. That would make…
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Dear Seattle, building more housing and protecting trees are not mutually exclusive. Here’s why.
Seattle is a city blessed with an abundance of natural beauty. It’s also a city that is rapidly growing in population, bringing in talent from across the world, but is unequipped to handle it as evidenced by the intensity of the housing crisis. As the city has pushed to adopt the One Seattle Plan, a…