How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's double decker tunnel

Re:How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's doubl... by metildaa on Saturday February 02, 2019 @06:54PM (#19066715)

Alaskan Way was a busy 4 lane road prior to the seawall replacement project and SR-99 construction, the two addes lanes are dedicated for busses.

Really wish we had kept rail along this alignment (rather than letting Seattle Art Museum destroy the waterfront trolley), but short of that we are stuck with making busses fast and reliable.

Wrt cutting this down to 1 lane in either direction for regular cars, in the context of the ferry queues clogging Alaskan Way currently, narrowing the road would create a waterfront parking lot between ferries.

Running the park down the middle of the road would be enjoyable, Portland has a few nice parks of that style

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Re:How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's doubl... by jaggederest on Saturday February 02, 2019 @07:09PM (#19066795)

Portland also entirely replaced our waterfront highway with an enormous park, probably not the precedent you're looking for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Drive

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Re:How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's doubl... by m741 on Sunday February 03, 2019 @12:04AM (#19067977)

Out of curiosity, why is this not a good precedent? Were the results bad, or because it's Portland?

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Re:How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's doubl... by metildaa on Sunday February 03, 2019 @02:10AM (#19068250)

This freeway removal project was generally considered a success, I know I rather enjoyed the benefits of the new waterfront park in Portland when I was younger. Lots of good memories!

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Re:How transportation can transform a city – Seattle's doubl... by jaggederest on Sunday February 03, 2019 @05:18AM (#19068772)

Not a good precedent as far as "We can't remove this road entirely". Road entirely removed, everyone was happy.

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