Viaduct

The debate from class today very accurately represented both sides. The viaduct replacement is an extremley controversial issue and I'm not quite sure what I want to think either. On one hand, I see congestion as a huge issue in Seattle, and even though I'm not a regular driver myself on the occasion that I do the amount of traffic can be very annoying. On the other hand, however, I don't think that building more roads and tunnels and places for cars to drive will really get at the root of the problem. Seattle needs a mass transportation system akin to New York's subway or D.C's metro. It needs a way to move around thousands of people easily. That is not going to happen with a tunnel, and it will only happen by promoting more light rail, and fast.

Ditch the tunnel, and work on as much light rail as possible. That's a plan I can get behind.