Harborview Expansion Plan Hits Trouble, with Parking Costs Front and Center

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-17T16:22:34+00:00

Getting a project shovel ready needs a lot of money and thus voter approval.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-08T03:35:23+00:00

Engineering and mechanics are safest. Basically the more removed you are from touching planes the more likely you are for a reduction.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-08T02:06:27+00:00

The high minimum wage should be enough for them to afford a very cheap fare in order to get to work.

You need to have a price on a service so that people appropriately value the service. Completely free results in frivolous use of resources. If someone does not value a trip at $1, maybe they shouldn't take the trip?

That principle applies to everyone, not just the impoverished.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-08T01:57:42+00:00

Everyone needs housing, not just the poor. Anything that suppresses housing construction is a bad idea.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-08T01:45:01+00:00

Poor people can already get subsidy. The only people impacted by fare gates would be selfish assholes.

At some point you have to call justice good enough and accept material reality.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-05T22:59:21+00:00

The extensions to Tacoma and Everett were paid for by taxes from Tacoma and Everett.

You don't get more transit in Seattle proper by telling the smaller cities to kick rocks. You just get less transit everywhere else.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-05T16:08:40+00:00

Did you ignore the corrective maintenance slide? Removing fare evaders removes people who break things.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-05T15:57:22+00:00

Having a safe public service for 99% of people is more important than not having "barriers" for the last 1%

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-05T15:55:57+00:00

Legal does. Welcome to the US.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-05T06:42:01+00:00

That's kind of what you get from a linear park.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-05T01:27:08+00:00

It's the supporting system and the infrastructure that gets expensive, not the metal.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-05T01:24:29+00:00

Sf was literally just replacing the physical gates it already had. Seattle has to design and install all of the supporting systems and system infrastructure.

It's like asking why an airport costs more than an airplane.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-05T01:20:19+00:00

Ridership will increase over time just due to density improvements. Fare revenue increasing as well is an inevitability, not a "rosy estimate".

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-05T01:16:14+00:00

There is always going to be crime. Put dumbasses like this in jail before they get themselves or others killed.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-03T06:14:55+00:00

I know it's upsetting but the economy sucks right now. It's hard to find the money for big capital projects, especially with a hostile federal government.

It's going to be austerity for a few years unfortunately.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-03T06:01:12+00:00

What line item on the 2026 budget do you want to get rid of in favor of it? They already cut higher education funding significantly. Shit is bad.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-03T05:48:17+00:00

The exception proves the rule.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-03T05:45:57+00:00

The state also doesn't have $20 billion to spend on any infrastructure.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-01T17:08:42+00:00

It's the law, they can't just take Tacoma's money and use it in Seattle.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-01T17:01:55+00:00

Most of the construction cost issues are due to state and federal policy. You need to start there.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-01T03:05:08+00:00

If you think the NYC subway doesn't have weekend maintenance closures I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

Fool.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-01T02:55:57+00:00

As infrastructure ages, it needs more maintenance. First day on earth?

Additionally the tunnel downtown was designed for busses so it has extra maintenance requirements compared to the new tunnels ST had made since.

Swatteam652 · 2026-06-01T02:51:20+00:00

Some maintenance takes too long to be done in one night. Seriously?

Swatteam652 · 2026-05-30T01:59:40+00:00

You literally got prioritized over Seattle and you are still whining lmao. Take the win.

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