Seattlest: A Streetcar Called Jan Drago

Weazul

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:14:28 -0800

before they put up the no trespassing signs and chains it was sad to see tourist standing there waiting. Even though you know there paved over parts of the track and grass gowning in it.

TroyJMorris

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:30:13 -0800

Last time I heard, it was shelved indefinitely due to the viaduct garbage.

Weazul

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:13:17 -0800

whats about the status of the waterfront trolley these days?

TroyJMorris

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:27:13 -0800

You know I'm down to lay down some muscles for the cause of transit.

MvB

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:01:19 -0800

I'm for this, Matt. Let's make it happen. I can totally borrow a sledgehammer and start busting up the road, you know, as needed. A little unofficial groundbreaking.

Matt G1

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:54:00 -0800

The Queen Anne car was actually just a streetcar, but with a counterbalance-pulley system that it hooked into (this is why Queen Anne Avenue is called the Counterbalance between Roy and Galer). The Central streetcar line could be extended to the Counterbalance (the current plan is to bring it within a few blocks), and it would be fairly inexpensive to build a counterbalance system again. Imagine the tourist draw that would bring, with such a line connecting between Pike's Market and Queen Anne.

MvB

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:45:42 -0800

Yeah, there's $120 million allocated for the First Hill route in the ST funding.

jessejb

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:27:10 -0800

The First Hill line was in the Prop 1 so that happens anyway, right?