S.L.U.T. Accident? Yes--S.L.U.T. Creams S.U.V.

Even if the number was accurate(how do they track people? they aren't using ticket sales - it's free month), it doesn't mean much if nobody's on the train at rush hour. Yes, it was packed on the weekend when I went down to try it out, but I assume everyone else was there to try it out also.

I do hope it is successful, but I found the *no riders at rush hour* disturbing. I've never been on anything close to an empty bus at 7:30am, and the streetcar holds far more people.

Matt, I understand first-week ridership was about 35,000. That's probably not going to be the usual, but it's not like no one's trying it out. In fact it's a huge number.

bigyaz, please turn to one of your fellow Seattle Times employees and ask for a hug. It's the holidays. Come on. Reach out.

No, clearly you're not defensive, Mike -- just because you track the IP address of someone who has the temerity to criticize you.

"7:28 a.m." "No passengers were aboard."

Hmmm... nobody riding the thing at rush hour on a rainy weekday during free fare month... remind me who this line was supposed to serve again?

I just think that's a silly standard, bigyaz. The Seattle Times (where your IP address is from) is the newspaper of record -- however well the reporters type, spell, or construct a sentence, they also have an editorial staff to rely on. We don't. When people point out typos and/or mistakes to us, we usually take the time to correct them. But if you really think Seattlest and the Seattle Times are equivalent news organizations, we'll take the compliment of sorts!

Wow, a little defensive, Michael? I just think people should be very careful when they point out spelling or grammar errors by others (professional or not). It's all about credibility.

Bloggers like to fashion themselves as journalists -- until they get called on something they screw up. Then it's, "Hey, it's just a blog. Don't take any of this seriously."

Oh, I see bigyaz, a blog with no copyeditor or proofreader, written by a collection of people more or less for the fun of it, should never criticize the writing of edited journalism professionals at the region's major daily. It's not fair to them. Gotcha.

Just a suggestion: Anyone who writes for Seattlest, with all its misspellings (scroll down your page for the word "occurance") and tortured English, shouldn't criticize the writing on someone else's website.

OK, who had "7 days" in the pool?