tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.comments2023-08-26T08:27:22.180-07:00On RAMPDavid Schroedelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533965870997862752noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-36816960331895303182010-09-13T11:10:28.654-07:002010-09-13T11:10:28.654-07:00Thank you for your comment. You are right; it is t...Thank you for your comment. You are right; it is the multi-billion dollar freight industry that relies on highway investments to provide jobs and infuse the economy with capital. Highways do create employment during construction and even as part of an ongoing necessity for operations, upgrades and maintenance. However, that is probably not relevant to the argument that highways don’t themselves employ substantial jobs or generate economic gross product.<br /><br />Highways, like railroads and terminals are implementers of wealth generation. They allow and facilitate commerce. Without highways and other transportation modes, our economic system based on comparative advantage and economies of scale could not work.Chelsea Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309318692395193106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-2141167782051541562010-09-10T16:50:28.167-07:002010-09-10T16:50:28.167-07:00I just found the report where your claim of $10.1 ...I just found <a href="http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/A49E2FC8-EA61-49E4-9F7B-5968296DDA59/0/SR167EconomicImpactsReport2007_Web.pdf" rel="nofollow">the report</a> where your claim of $10.1 billion and 79,000 jobs came from. From the report: "A primary indirect impact of the SR 167 Extension is <b>the support the project lends</b> to the containerized cargo industry..." Therefore, the highway is not the cause of these massive benefits, it is actually the containerized cargo industry. Please do not tout these benefits anymore.Evan Sirokyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646400292448292343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-20365038796750055042010-09-02T21:47:38.728-07:002010-09-02T21:47:38.728-07:00At some point you just have to say no to new highw...At some point you just have to say no to new highways. While the idea is old, the actual construction of this highway is the construction of a new highway facility.<br /><br />At a time when we should be doing everything we can to be protecting the environment and focusing on smarter growth, this project would be a major setback to these statewide and regional goals. This project would gobble up land, facilitate more driving of personal vehicles (which will be the majority of users as they are on any highway) which bring negative externalities of pollution, the enabling of sprawl and inactive lifestyles to name just a few negatives.<br /><br />Also at a time when other projects such as the Murray Morgan bridge, the Puyallup river bridge and all the potholes in the City of Tacoma aren't being worked on, the last thing we need are more highways. Instead we should fix the problems we already have first. <br /><br />Furthermore, there are a whole swath of other programs the could use the money that are perennially underfunded such as all of Pierce Transit, extending Tacoma Link and Tacoma's Mobility Master Plan. Diverting $2 billion to these projects would make a major difference. <br /><br />Oh and are you seriously still promoting the Cross-Base highway? Please enter into the newer age where highways aren't the end-all be-all solution to problems.Evan Sirokyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646400292448292343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-47948190540971497342010-01-07T23:06:55.611-08:002010-01-07T23:06:55.611-08:00Night frequencies on the 574 are less than ideal. ...Night frequencies on the 574 are less than ideal. The good news is once Metro cancels the 194 frequencies on the 574 should be increasing in the next six months or so.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060028960898970701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-25581968205425056492009-12-25T21:57:49.126-08:002009-12-25T21:57:49.126-08:00Thanks for including the Tacoma Streetcar and Seat...Thanks for including the Tacoma Streetcar and Seatac to Tacoma Light Rail extensions in your brochure!Evan Sirokyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646400292448292343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-68669849079514323962009-11-17T13:49:49.848-08:002009-11-17T13:49:49.848-08:00Safetea-lu needs to be updated to include disabled...Safetea-lu needs to be updated to include disabled, and service disabled veterans as a presumptively disadvantaged group by the Federal DOT DBE program.lpom26https://www.blogger.com/profile/07149500502905002653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-27446505839096042132009-10-13T23:25:52.316-07:002009-10-13T23:25:52.316-07:00Uggh, what a stacked study. Gee, what is going to...Uggh, what a stacked study. Gee, what is going to happen if you use a local travel demand model on a corridor with primarily inter-regional traffic and don't study any revamped transit options? Why, a bigger more massive I-5 and a cross-base highway, that's what. What a wasted opportunity to study what better effect a more frequent Tacoma-Olympia bus and better Amtrak service would do.Evan Sirokyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646400292448292343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-25641847784576526712009-06-24T09:09:53.025-07:002009-06-24T09:09:53.025-07:00The bill has been passed by Congress. The $1 bill...The bill has been passed by Congress. The $1 billion program is authorized from July through November. It is expected to be implemented by early August.Gary Bracketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088107109667116883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-68421389706968872682009-06-10T16:53:53.136-07:002009-06-10T16:53:53.136-07:00Most vehicles that are currently donated to charit...Most vehicles that are currently donated to charity will now be eligible for a voucher of $3500 to $4500. This amount far exceeds the tax deduction of $500 or what the car sells for, whichever is greater. As a result, the "cash for clunkers" legislation will end charity car donation. A much simpler approach would be to change the tax deduction back to the blue book value. This approach would stimulate car sales and provide some much needed money to charities that are stretched very thin in this down economy. Not only that, it wouldn't cost $4 million!Cars4Charitieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00645913520152716375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-21555575168301899332009-06-09T14:14:31.080-07:002009-06-09T14:14:31.080-07:00Great info. You may want to know that some members...Great info. You may want to know that some members of Congress are discussing a funding level of $230 billion [over 6 years], a 20% drop from the current funding level. That would seriously delay or even kill a lot of local government and WSDOT projets. It would slow progress on relieving congestion, improving safety, and fostering economic development. Our communities need a federal transportation bill that provides more funding than the current bill.Larry Ehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03514403700872675983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-46636768624803898052009-04-02T12:13:00.000-07:002009-04-02T12:13:00.000-07:00My understanding is that the HOT lanes right now a...My understanding is that the HOT lanes right now are actually costing a little bit of money to operate (meaning they cost more money then they are taking in). That said this is a pilot project, it has been successful in traffic management, and if implemented on a more wide-spread basis they would bring in additional revenues. Also over time they will probably start making money on the 167 corridorAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060028960898970701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-87009191078873922762009-02-04T16:04:00.000-08:002009-02-04T16:04:00.000-08:00A number of the attendees at today's meeting s...A number of the attendees at today's meeting stressed the importance of restoring the SR-167 & HOV funding that was taken away and using stimulus money to make sure the projects are completed.Chelsea Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309318692395193106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-2955386898557718602009-02-04T13:14:00.000-08:002009-02-04T13:14:00.000-08:00Another piece of good news is that the Governor's ...Another piece of good news is that the Governor's WSDOT stimulus request to the U.S. Congress includes 70 million of the reinstatement of the HOV funding from the Pierce County line to the Nisqually viaduct. Did this come up at today's meetingAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060028960898970701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-19792514573509888062007-10-09T13:22:00.000-07:002007-10-09T13:22:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-8890509470556159882007-10-01T19:06:00.000-07:002007-10-01T19:06:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-68112100859709307822007-10-01T10:34:00.000-07:002007-10-01T10:34:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-42318138508594701552007-05-10T10:44:00.000-07:002007-05-10T10:44:00.000-07:00Wow. Monitoring one's every move is another Big Br...Wow. Monitoring one's every move is another Big Brother tactic I am sure the future holds.<BR/><BR/>Restricting speech, a monoply of one point of view in the media, hate crimes legislation, and "sin" taxes are all avenues of controlling people and their behavior to comply with Big Brother's "correct" view of how people should think, speak, act, and live.<BR/><BR/>Controlling people's movement is certainly on the list of the ways the U.S. is heading towards tyranny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-83120828564410812442007-04-28T14:29:00.000-07:002007-04-28T14:29:00.000-07:00A web page with information provided recently by C...A web page with information provided recently by Coalition for Effective Transportation Alternatives (CETA) to Seattle Times, Seattle PI, and the State Auditor is linked to the home page of Public Interest Transportation Forum at http://www.bettertransport.info/pitf/stateauditor.htmjnileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622331456545495103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-20897795544940568842007-04-28T14:19:00.000-07:002007-04-28T14:19:00.000-07:00According to an e-newsletter I just received April...According to an e-newsletter I just received April 27 from RTID, the planners are still interested in receiving comments. That is the message in the TV advertisements being run by RTID, visible on your TV, or on Youtube at http://youtube.com/watch?<BR/>v=96MRxM8lgJs<BR/>(Paste this address all on one line into your browser to see the video on Youtube!)jnileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622331456545495103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-41223648171519693122007-04-28T14:09:00.000-07:002007-04-28T14:09:00.000-07:00Would a national container tax, allocated back to ...Would a national container tax, allocated back to states in proportion to where collected, meet the goal of linking freight improvements to revenue proportional to the volume of containers?jnileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622331456545495103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-1161213810250986622006-10-18T16:23:00.000-07:002006-10-18T16:23:00.000-07:00We area manufacturer in the Frederickson area. We...We area manufacturer in the <BR/>Frederickson area. We both hire employees from and ship product through the South Sound. <BR/>the availibillity of the Cross Base Highway deffinately impacts our ability to grow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290930.post-1161177241915573882006-10-18T06:14:00.000-07:002006-10-18T06:14:00.000-07:00The Cross Base Highway is an imperative. We only ...The Cross Base Highway is an imperative. We only appear to have a north-south problem. It is an artifact driven by the real problem of insufficient east-west routes.<BR/><BR/>Further, the CBH would create the opportunity for an intense transportation hub involving The Sounder and buses. These could actually reduce some of the congestion in the bottleneck on I-5 that runs through Ft. Lewis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com