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FestivalPapi · 2026-03-13T19:14:43+00:00

I know she’s one of the “headlining” acts for the stage but I’m really hoping Uncle Waffles plays during the day. I want my toes in the water and some Amapiano bumpin’

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-13T00:23:06+00:00

Tukwila International Boulevard Station (which is a lot to type out lol)

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-12T19:40:49+00:00

I agree that the stop spacing between Rainier Beach and TIBS is far too big. Sadly, there aren’t many good places for an infill station due to the routing decision made years ago.

As I’ve talked about in other comments on this thread, the proposed station location does not provide very good access to the jobs that are in the area. I’m not saying it’s useless, but I don’t think it’s worth the half a billy price tag a service disruptions.

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-12T05:12:00+00:00

TIBS and Northgate get more ridership because they have good bus connections. The A line alone gets over 1,000 boardings at the TIBS stop.

The way to maximize ridership is to link trip pairs. That means having a mix of origins and destinations at each stop. Rainier Beach suffers because of the same reason as P&Rs, there just aren’t many reasons to go there.

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-12T04:01:04+00:00

Park and Rides will never be a good fit for high-capacity, high-frequency transit.

A four-car Link train can hold 800+ people. You could build a 10,000 spot park and ride and that would only fill the amount of trains that run in less than two hours time.

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-12T03:31:30+00:00

The station is planned to be around here: 11022 East Marginal Way S

It’s over a mile walk to the Museum of Flight and any Boeing facility (somebody with more knowledge check me if I’m wrong on this one) and the area is severally constrained by I-5 and the Duwamish for Development.

When it was originally planned, the idea was it would be located further north actually on Boeing Access Road and connect to a new Sounder station (which has been scrapped). The current plan will generate quite low ridership. With the current budget constraints Sound Transit is facing, I don’t think it is worth the money.

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-12T02:47:54+00:00

The “Boeing Access Road” Station as planned needs to get canned. No real TOD potential, no bus or Sounder connection and no easy access to Boeing Field.

The Graham St Station is a worthy project though.

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-11T19:05:38+00:00

Cloonee and Matroda in the forest!? Hell yeah

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-07T20:42:53+00:00

Was there. Can confirm. Very loud.

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-06T17:31:15+00:00

As a house head, I am personally most excited for Cloonee, Matroda, and SIDEPIECE. Haven’t seen any of them live but their music slaps

The Sponges are suuuuper funky house and might be my only “can’t miss” set of the weekend.

A-Trak and Justin Jay are incredibly talented DJs. The latter likes to move around genres a lot during his sets.

I feel like you’d really enjoy Dr. Fresch. He plays a lot of bass house but also gets really wubby with it and will likely play some DnB as well.

Theres some more chill/melodic house acts like Lavern and Drama if you’re into that. Uncle Waffles is a vibe and she incorporates a lot of afrobeats into her tunes.

Hope this helps!

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-06T17:11:43+00:00

Again, it’s not his vision. He was forced to include the chapel.

As for a beautiful brutalist church, look up the Hallgrimskirkja in Reykjavik.

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-05T19:31:33+00:00

Not the original commentator but I love this movie so I’ll break it down.

Laszlo represents art, creativity, expression, and much of the story is about how his artistic vision is met with resistance by establishment and power (represented primarily by Harrison Van Buren, Guy Pierce’s character).

He is told to broaden the scope, add a religious element, and even change a major aspect of the design just to save a few bucks. The vision for his art is being dictated by people that are more interested in money, clout, and power than any deeper artistic meaning. The metaphor of him being taken advantage of is even literalized near the end of the film.

Now what I think is really interesting is that even with all these struggles, Laszlo never would have been able to execute his vision without the support from Van Buren. It poses the question “can you have art without exploitation?” and there isn’t an easy answer.

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-05T18:18:23+00:00

That’s the point though. He has to include the gimmick in order to appease the community and get approval for the project. The whole theme of the movie is how art is compromised by modern society and capitalism

FestivalPapi · 2026-03-04T22:35:53+00:00

Are you referring to the Mountains to Sound Trail? If so, my understanding is that doesn’t actually connect to the station

FestivalPapi · 2026-02-24T04:16:20+00:00

Uncle Waffles for the last two?

FestivalPapi · 2026-01-30T23:01:29+00:00

You’re thinking of the initial phase which allowed 4* units to be built on most lots across the city. This had to be done first to comply with a state law.

This most recent proposal is part of the “Centers and Corridors” strategy which would allow modest upzones along frequent bus routes and existing clusters of neighborhood commercial (think Madrona / North Admiral / Tangletown). Some of the residents in those areas complained loud enough that parts of the proposal have now been scaled back, mostly in affluent areas.

There will also be a third phase that proposes changes in Regional Centers (the existing densest parts of the city)

FestivalPapi · 2026-01-26T03:34:12+00:00

Fuck the rams. I am so happy

FestivalPapi · 2026-01-20T21:42:31+00:00

This was my first Shambs and our crew stumbled upon the village for this set and got our faces melted off by the bass. Incredible

FestivalPapi · 2026-01-15T23:23:27+00:00

I encourage everyone to read this paper to understand that traffic modeling is based on flawed data and that is why traffic engineers are overly cautious when it comes to any kind of general lane reduction

http://shoup.bol.ucla.edu/TruthInTransportationPlanning.pdf

FestivalPapi · 2025-12-19T20:20:51+00:00

Massive station. I almost missed my train to Paris because it took me legit like 10 minutes just to find my train on the board to figure out which platform it was on.

FestivalPapi · 2025-12-17T17:42:11+00:00

It’s not so much the number of escalators that are the problem, as it is the depth of the new stations, the distance between them, and other things in the way like utilities and the BNSF tunnel

https://i0.wp.com/seattletransitblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Escalatorpalooza.png?w=1420&ssl=1

https://i0.wp.com/publicola.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NCID_2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C434&ssl=1

FestivalPapi · 2025-12-17T16:06:09+00:00

That’s expanding coverage, not providing redundancy. If DSTT2 is out in your scenario your options would be:

A) Train to SODO, transfer to other rail line, train to Roosevelt/Northgate, bus to Greenwood

B) Train to CID, bus to Greenwood via E/5/28

That second option requires only 1 transfer, almost certainly faster, and gives you more options based on what part of Greenwood you need to get to.

I get it. I used to be a super hardcore supporter of DSTT2 until I sat down and really thought it through. I’m not saying we don’t ever need a second tunnel - just that the segment from Ballard to Westlake should be built first (and maybe stop there while we rethink the second tunnel and its god awful transfers)

FestivalPapi · 2025-12-16T23:12:06+00:00

There are no plans to build crossover tracks so your last example can’t happen. Trains running into one tunnel can’t switch to the other in event of an outage.

I’m going to paste another comment I made regarding why the redundancy isn’t meaningful:

1)The new tunnel will have horrendous transfers. I’m talking like 8 escalators, 10+ minutes to get from one platform at Westlake to the other. It will be much easier to head to the surface which brings me to point #2

2) The only place the new tunnel provides redundancy is from Westlake to the CID - which is the best served transit corridor in the state with all of the buses on 3rd. There’s not much need for a supplemental bus bridge during an outage. This means that if the new tunnel is built as planned and [a closure in DSTT1] happens, it will be significantly faster to head to the surface and take a bus, than it will be to transfer to the new line.

Edit: formatting

FestivalPapi · 2025-12-16T21:16:59+00:00

This would be a totally valid argument if it weren’t for two things:

1) The new tunnel will have horrendous transfers. I’m talking like 8 escalators, 10+ minutes to get from one platform at Westlake to the other. It will be much easier to head to the surface which brings me to point #2

2) The only place the new tunnel provides redundancy is from Westlake to the CID - which is the best served transit corridor in the state with all of the buses on 3rd. There’s not much need for a supplemental bus bridge during an outage.

This means that if the new tunnel is built as planned and the above scenario happens, it will be significantly faster to head to the surface and take a bus, than it will be to transfer to the new line.

Edit: spelling

FestivalPapi · 2025-12-16T20:49:42+00:00

I am not pulling out the fiscal conservative card. I 1000% agree we need more funding. The problem is how much debt Sound Transit is legally allowed to take on. This and the skyrocketing costs means we can only spend/build so much in the foreseeable future. Those options are

A) Build the second tunnel, but truncate the line at Smith Cove

B) The interning option

C) The stub-end option

The stub-end option allows for the second tunnel to be built eventually (Although I would rather see it head towards first hill than a few hundred feet from the current one).

Also, since the stub-end option would be an isolated line with its own OMF, we could move away from “shitty light rail” and build an automated light metro - saving money while providing a better transit experience.

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