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"Magic Carpet Study, 1974" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr contributor Seattle Municipal Archives.
While perusing the wonder that is the Seattle Municipal Archives' Flickr page, we came across this and just couldn't wait to share it with you. Apparently the "Magic Carpet Study" was the name of the research and development that Metro Transit conducted in the early- to mid-'70s into an experimental downtown free ride zone. We gotta say, we would be so much more inclined to enjoy a brief trip on the "magic carpet" ride than to utilize a system with the name Joe Metro went with: the "ride free zone." Just another example of what a groovy place Seattle was in the '70s....We have the distinct feeling that today's transit studies don't have such a nifty name or cover page.
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Can this be a t-shirt?
I would pay 15 dollars for one of those...
"Magic Carpet" would be shouted down as a racist name.
Im not even kidddddn.
Wh-wh... but magic is cool. Everyone loves magic tricks.
Saw a scuzzy guy on a bus the other day, mumbling this:
Well, you don't know what we can find
Why don't you come with me little girl
On a magic carpet ride
You don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free
Close your eyes girl
Look inside girl
Let the sound take you away
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"Let The Sound Transit Take You Away!"