Seattle bike lanes getting national coverage...


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/23/seattle-struggling-to-pay-for-bike-lanes-as-costs-for-visionary-project-balloon-to-12-million-per-mile-report.html
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But head tax is great idea!!1! Homeless lives matter!!!1!1!!Swaye said:...for how insane, overpriced, and mismanaged the effort has been. Good job Seattle. You've ruined yourself. Morons.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/23/seattle-struggling-to-pay-for-bike-lanes-as-costs-for-visionary-project-balloon-to-12-million-per-mile-report.html -
There's a reason utopia doesn't exist.
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But wait there is more
Now that Seattle can finally take down the viaduct and choke traffic for all time they want to ding the people on the waterfront for a 200 million dollar assessment to build a park -
A large truck with a snow plow would be the perfect vehicle for traveling the bike lanes.
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Head tax definitely hurts boobs.pawz said:
But head tax is great idea!!1! Homeless lives matter!!!1!1!!Swaye said:...for how insane, overpriced, and mismanaged the effort has been. Good job Seattle. You've ruined yourself. Morons.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/23/seattle-struggling-to-pay-for-bike-lanes-as-costs-for-visionary-project-balloon-to-12-million-per-mile-report.html -
Why can't Amazon pay for the bike lines? Why are they so greedy? WE ARE THE 99%!!!!1!!!!1
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There is divinity in all bicycle commuters and homeless people.
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I don’t think 1 business should be able to make like 100 billion dollars and keep all that money!!!PurpleJ said:Why can't Amazon pay for the bike lines? Why are they so greedy? WE ARE THE 99%!!!!1!!!!1
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Zombie Che says FUCK YEAH!CuntWaffle said:
I don’t think 1 business should be able to make like 100 billion dollars and keep all that money!!!PurpleJ said:Why can't Amazon pay for the bike lines? Why are they so greedy? WE ARE THE 99%!!!!1!!!!1
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And we make fun of Eugene...
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Seattle has gone off the rails. Completely. Easy target deserving a national mockery.greenblood said:And we make fun of Eugene...
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This looks like nearly as much funSledog said:A large truck with a snow plow would be the perfect vehicle for traveling the bike lanes.
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I really, really expected this thread to be about taint-licking.
Failing that, I hoped it would be a story about a drunk, high Native American we all know and love chopping bicyclists into bits with a tomahawk. -
I hear @Swaye ate a leather bike seat once.
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Totally agreeSoutherndawg said:
Seattle has gone off the rails. Completely. Easy target deserving a national mockery.greenblood said:And we make fun of Eugene...
Making of fun of Eugene is a bit more focused. -
That park will be very popular with the homeless.RaceBannon said:But wait there is more
Now that Seattle can finally take down the viaduct and choke traffic for all time they want to ding the people on the waterfront for a 200 million dollar assessment to build a park -
Even my podunk little Burg is trying to ruin the literally 4 x 4 square block downtown that’s there by having a bike lane in one of the through routes. It’s been there for 2 years and there’s little impact as I’ve never seen ONE FUCKING BIKE ever. But it did take a lane of traffic away. And it fucks half the population up as they haven’t realized that they can just get in that lane and park normally. As opposed to locking it up In front of you and pulling into the pits like a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series machine.
@creepycoug is right. People in Salem are fucking stupid and I have to add that their aspirations are to achieve Portland stupid. -
In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
I'm sure Fox accidentally left out those details.
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edit: Looks like we have identified one of the almost dozen bikers who displace thousands of cars creating miles of unnecessary traffic every day in Seattle.UWhuskytskeet said:In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
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$374k for streetlights?UWhuskytskeet said:In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
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So maybe it isn't about bike lanes after all?greenblood said:
$374k for streetlights?UWhuskytskeet said:In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
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1.1 million in overhead?
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46 lights over 4.5 blocks = 10 a block. $8,000 a light = $368,000greenblood said:
$374k for streetlights?UWhuskytskeet said:In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
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It said "new" street lights. Couldn't they just move the old ones?UWhuskytskeet said:
46 lights over 4.5 blocks = 10 a block. $8,000 a light = $368,000greenblood said:
$374k for streetlights?UWhuskytskeet said:In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
I'm sure Fox accidentally left out those details.
Street lights usually don't deteriorate. It's fabricated metal with wires running inside connected to a bulb. -
I'm sure these new ones are solar powered to reduce carbon footprint or some shit.greenblood said:
It said "new" street lights. Couldn't they just move the old ones?UWhuskytskeet said:
46 lights over 4.5 blocks = 10 a block. $8,000 a light = $368,000greenblood said:
$374k for streetlights?UWhuskytskeet said:In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
I'm sure Fox accidentally left out those details.
Street lights usually don't deteriorate. It's fabricated metal with wires running inside connected to a bulb. -
And high-intensity LEDs to bake your retinas.Swaye said:
I'm sure these new ones are solar powered to reduce carbon footprint or some shit.greenblood said:
It said "new" street lights. Couldn't they just move the old ones?UWhuskytskeet said:
46 lights over 4.5 blocks = 10 a block. $8,000 a light = $368,000greenblood said:
$374k for streetlights?UWhuskytskeet said:In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
I'm sure Fox accidentally left out those details.
Street lights usually don't deteriorate. It's fabricated metal with wires running inside connected to a bulb. -
I couldn't tell you. Maybe. Who gives a shit.greenblood said:
It said "new" street lights. Couldn't they just move the old ones?UWhuskytskeet said:
46 lights over 4.5 blocks = 10 a block. $8,000 a light = $368,000greenblood said:
$374k for streetlights?UWhuskytskeet said:In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
I'm sure Fox accidentally left out those details.
Street lights usually don't deteriorate. It's fabricated metal with wires running inside connected to a bulb.
The point is the Fox News article is bullshit because there isn't a $12M bike lane. It's a bike lane added on to four blocks of new streets, sidewalks, street lamps, sewers, etc. -
Couldn't they just offer jobs for some of the homeless, by having them stand on step ladders holding flashlights? Small footprint and you help with the homeless crises.Swaye said:
I'm sure these new ones are solar powered to reduce carbon footprint or some shit.greenblood said:
It said "new" street lights. Couldn't they just move the old ones?UWhuskytskeet said:
46 lights over 4.5 blocks = 10 a block. $8,000 a light = $368,000greenblood said:
$374k for streetlights?UWhuskytskeet said:In other words, someone at Fox found the most expensive project in the city - something that ran for FOUR BLOCKS - then calculated that if every project cost this much per city block then the total cost per mile would be that insane number. It's bullshit because there isn't a single mile of bike lane anywhere in Seattle that cost even close to $12 million to build. Nevermind the fact that it's the entire street being rebuilt, not just a bike path.
I'm sure Fox accidentally left out those details.
Street lights usually don't deteriorate. It's fabricated metal with wires running inside connected to a bulb.
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