Seattlest: Drawbridges Inciting Boat Rage?

Audrey

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:24:00 -0800

No, what really "makes Seattle, Seattle" is the opinion that if you don't like something here, you should leave, instead of trying to improve your city. SO SICK OF THESE TYPES.

redwoodtree

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:35:06 -0800

It's great to see the front page story saying "Everything is changing" and lamenting a bunch of Seattle traditions, and then clicking over to see boat bashing. Yeah, why don't we just pave the lake, it'll make room for cars. I have nothing but negative expletives towards this post. I'm happy to wait for the bridge, it means someone below me is doing something that makes Seattle, Seattle. If you don't like it, MOVE!

Mike D

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:15:14 -0800

But buses and any other form of north/south travel are still bound by the bridges. Is leisure boat travel more important than people's daily lives?

seantesta

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:56:33 -0800

FYI, neither the city nor the state has the authority to make determinations about limiting marine activity. That rests with the Coast Guard. You have to petition them if you want to put restrictions on vessel rights of ways (of which bridges are)

John

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:04:21 -0800

Not sure how you measure the economic impact but I do know there are a helluva a lot more jobs inconvenienced by the current draw bridge rules than the vast minority of boat traffic that does benefit.

striatic

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:50:40 -0800

so marine vessels would be locked in lake union between 3:00pm and 6:30pm? three and a half hours is a pretty long time to lock down the lake, and not all the vessels that pass through are pleasure craft. i suppose the long term solution is to reduce the importance of commuting by car through seattle.

jseattle

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:03:15 -0800

My friend is the most reasonable person I know. He's almost never irrational. But the drawbridges make him flip out. I think that says something. I get pissed at everything so no measure there.

herbisara

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:56:32 -0800

I used to work right next to the Fremont Bridge. Not only was traffic backed up almost EVERY night when I tried to get home, but listening to that bell dinging incessantly every time the bridge went up nearly drove me insane.