Archive for the ‘Seattle’ Category

As seen (and often uttered) in Ballard…

They were thorough enough to include balls. Impressive.

Housing Homeless Saves Money

On my way in to work today I read an article about projects to help the homeless. (I shamelessly copied the title). They made mention of two specific projects: Plymouth Housing Group’s Plymouth on Stewart and Downtown Emergency Service Center’s 1811 Eastlake.
PHG’s mission is to provide permanent housing for the homeless. DESC’s mission for 1811 [...]

Ron Sims, Roads, and Transit

Danny Westneat’s editorial on Ron Sims changing his mind about light rail. I agree with his main point: it sounds like Ron Sims could use a break. In an earlier story his wife had to remind him of his duty to the people that, as a public figure, he needs to speak out for or [...]

Seattle’s so-called plan for “pedestrian safety”

Seattle Times article about Seattle’s plans
The good:
The effort includes public-service announcements on television and radio, repainted crosswalks, billboards and signs encouraging safe driving, and stepped up enforcement of pedestrian-safety laws.
The really, obscenely bad:
The city also will start installing traffic cameras to photograph cars that run red lights.
I won’t go in to the whole “anti-red light [...]