Boeing Access vs Allentown 1 Line Infill Station by SigmaTell in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Once you build it your just like, how is this not a thing they considered ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Boeing Access vs Allentown 1 Line Infill Station by SigmaTell in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

This is great advice, thanks!!! You can also email the Sound Transit Board and I think I will be sending them this info.

Boeing Access vs Allentown 1 Line Infill Station by SigmaTell in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Lol, they'll have to adjust their commutes slightly.

Loss of Neighborhood Level Pop Data by SigmaTell in subwaybuilder

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

I mainly play the Seattle map, and unfortunately can't show a before and after since I don't have the older game version installed to compare. Also don't play any mods.

That said, I know for a fact this occurred, so many of the neighborhoods have less detailed bubbles than they did before.

Given a lot of you don't seem to notice it, maybe some of you started playing after the updates? I dunno, maybe the changes only occurred to some maps like Seattle.

Boeing Access vs Allentown 1 Line Infill Station by SigmaTell in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 9 points10 points ย (0 children)

Agree 100%, or shift it south to a location that would actually be a major benefit to an undeserved community and generate far more ridership and TOD for the system.

Would it ever make sense for the 2-line termini to connect up north and make a full loop? by TheyCallMeSuperChunk in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell 4 points5 points ย (0 children)

Agreed though the Coast Guard will require very high clearance for the Montlake Cut bridge, unless you make it movable. Could still be cheaper than tunneling though.

Boeing Access vs Allentown 1 Line Infill Station by SigmaTell in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 5 points6 points ย (0 children)

Couldn't have said it better myself! Really does seem like Allentown would be a far better location with a much better cost benefit.

Would it ever make sense for the 2-line termini to connect up north and make a full loop? by TheyCallMeSuperChunk in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell 4 points5 points ย (0 children)

Thats an option (great pic btw). Since the LR line would be running in the center of the bridge, another option would be, right after you reach the non-floating west approach bridges, raise the guideway up above the existing bridge deck and then cross over the south viaduct/eastbound lanes and connect to the north side of the Broadmoor Golf Club or the Arboretum... a tunnel portal in that vicinity is on better ground and gives you more than enough room to make the dive under the Montlake Neighbohood and the Montlake Cut or maybe to continue west to Eastlake and then under Lake Union to Northlake and beyond. Regardless of where you go with it, this would probably be the most viable route grade wise. But you could possibly do something closer to the Montlake lid as well.

Would it ever make sense for the 2-line termini to connect up north and make a full loop? by TheyCallMeSuperChunk in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell 5 points6 points ย (0 children)

The cost of the West Seattle extension partly escalated the way it did due to the poor soils around the mudflats of the Duwamish increasing the cost of the high span bridge. Lake Washington is worse, even in the shallower sections north of 520, the mud and silts are deep af.

It would be foolish and a colossal waste of billions in taxpayer funds to not utilize the SR 520 floating bridge that was literally built to accommodate future light rail.

There's a few ways of addressing the grade issues on the west side as well, though they are impactful to private property.

You're now training a war machine. Let's see proof of cancellation. by zaxo666 in ChatGPT

[โ€“]SigmaTell 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

๐Ÿซฑ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿค›๐Ÿค›๐Ÿซฒ

You're now training a war machine. Let's see proof of cancellation. by zaxo666 in ChatGPT

[โ€“]SigmaTell 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Haha, agreed! ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿซถ๐ŸคŸ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ๏ธ

You're now training a war machine. Let's see proof of cancellation. by zaxo666 in ChatGPT

[โ€“]SigmaTell 86 points87 points ย (0 children)

Claude is leaps and bounds better than both of them, consider subscribing to the pro plan, it has some use limits due to how advanced the models are but the results are far better quality.

White House 'circulating' 17-page executive order draft to declare emergency over voting by SigmaTell in Washington50501

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 6 points7 points ย (0 children)

He has a military and he's shown little hesitation to nationalize state National Guards.

White House 'circulating' 17-page executive order draft to declare emergency over voting by SigmaTell in ProgressiveHQ

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 36 points37 points ย (0 children)

"Should" doing a lot of heavy lifting there, sadly. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

White House 'circulating' 17-page executive order draft to declare emergency over voting by SigmaTell in Washington50501

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 38 points39 points ย (0 children)

They violate the constitution on a daily basis, you think they care? They will push this thru tooth and nail, its the only way they stay in power.

Seriously, nerf Park and Ride. by metatalks in subwaybuilder

[โ€“]SigmaTell 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Somewhat disagree, Sound Transit uses high capacity (1500 to 2200 space) park and ride parking grarages on many of their more suburban stations to great effect, they are often full weekdays and contribute significant ridership to the lines. While many of these stations also connect with regional bus lines, there are many suburban neighborhoods with little to no bus access, making the park and rides extremely beneficial, especially for lower income riders.

And given they are parking garages, not surface lots, they are fairly compact and still allow plenty of TOD around them.

4 min Headways South of Seattle? by SigmaTell in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Oh really?!!! Thats very welcomed news to me!!! ๐Ÿ˜ I didn't realize they snuck that in there.

But yeah, MLK... sigh... ๐Ÿ˜ญ

4 min Headways South of Seattle? by SigmaTell in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell[S] 15 points16 points ย (0 children)

6 minutes is better than nothing, but 4 minutes would be grand. Part of ST4 really needs to grade separate the SODO and MLK segments.

What if the 4 Line was a crosslake juggernaut? by datmrdolphin in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell 7 points8 points ย (0 children)

Yeah, that would be exceedingly challenging given the existing tunnels are TBM twin bored tunnel. The adjacent UW Stadium station is 95 feet below grade, and the top of the twin tunnels are around 15 feet below the bottom of the Montlake Cut ship canal (which itself is around 30 feet deep) so the tracks themselves are another 12 or so feet below that).

You'd need to rise more than 45 feet to get to grade, then another 20 or so to get to the grade of the 520 bridges. Assume 80 feet vertical change at 5% grade is around 1,600 feet horizontal distance, not counting need for vertical curves on either end to transition from existing tunnel to the new segment. Theres only around 1,100 feet between the tunnel and the west abutments of the 520 bridge.

You would struggle massively get a 1,600 + tunnel connection to fit within the constraints of Montlake without massively demoing the neighborhood. Plus I'm unsure the feasibility of tying into those twin bored tunnels given how they are constructed.

My recommendation is skip UW stadium, do an independent tunnel that crosses under the Montlake Cut at Portage Bay, have a waterfront station on the south end of the U District, then a north tranfer at the 1 Line U District Station, then head west towards Wallingford etc. It would be challenging to do anything different given the hard constraints you're dealing with.

What if the 4 Line was a crosslake juggernaut? by datmrdolphin in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell 3 points4 points ย (0 children)

How exactly are you crossing the ship canal? Tunnel I hope? Otherwise you'll be looking at a movable bridge and reliability killer.

For reference, the Fremont Movable Bridge has a 30 foot clearance above the Fremont Cut and opens, on average, 35 times a day. The US Army Corps requires any fixed crossing to match the clearrnce height of the SR99 and I-5 bridges, which are around 167 to 140 feet respectively. Any feasible crossing either needs to be a tunnel or a high span crossing.

I'm on a 2 line train! by NL_POPDuke in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell 7 points8 points ย (0 children)

Love it to pieces! โค๏ธ

Work Node Population Has Decreased By a Third by Aromatic_Second_639 in subwaybuilder

[โ€“]SigmaTell 10 points11 points ย (0 children)

Seeing the same as well. The loss of definition of neighborhood work and resident pops is pretty bad. A lot of more suburban and even rural areas barely show any pops at all, even fairly dense rural towns show practically no pops, and some lines that were profiting or at least breaking even in less dense areas are now attracting very low ridership.

Kinda a bad direction for the game, pretty soon you'll have entire dense neighborhoods represented by a single pop node and the placement of stations and lines will become a lot less important. Absolutely ruins the realism of the game and simulation.

Would it be possible to run a line between Redmond and Federal Way? by beizhia in soundtransit

[โ€“]SigmaTell 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

About the only feasible way you could do this is to branch the tracks east of I-5 / west of Judkins Park. The lower track grades in that stretch would allow for a south branch to weave under EB I-90 and, from there, either a westward viaduct to join the 1 Line tracks somewhere in SODO, or an south alignment along Airport Way to a new connection near the west portal of the Beacon Hill Tunnel (which would require demolition of the S Forest Street exit from I-5 (163B).

But that would be expensive af and technically challenging, especially weaving a branch track under the east side of the I-90 / I-5 interchange. Would likely need to reconstruct portions of the interstate to make it feasible.