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The World Will End With a Bang, As You Lose Your Axle

The World Will End With a Bang, As You Lose Your Axle

Seattle environmental think tank Sightline recently reported that three out of five petroleum geologists surveyed think world oil production will peak within ten years. (More than ten percent think it's already happened.) more ›

Leave No Pothole Unfilled

Leave No Pothole Unfilled

Back on March 19th, Seattle declared war on potholes. (Exactly one week after we submitted a little policy paper on the topic, so draw your own conclusions.) more ›

It's Not About Whether Greg Can Fix the Potholes. It's About Whether You Will Call Them In.

It's Not About Whether Greg Can Fix the Potholes. It's About Whether You Will Call Them In.

We became a pothole snitch this morning. We turned in the huge holes alongside Cal Anderson, in front of Vivace, thanks to "encouragement" from a commenter on an earlier pothole post:

instead of complaining about the potholes in a blog posting maybe you should fill out the online form and report them so they get fixed. but that might be too easy and would give you nothing to whine about.
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The System Works, at Least When It Comes to Potholes

The System Works, at Least When It Comes to Potholes

We apologize, Greg. We got a little hot under the collar last week, after hitting one pothole too many, and we became...intemperate. The Pothole Rangers are not hiding out; they're working hard and filling potholes whenever you notify them. This weekend we were biking along, ready to dodge this one (pictured), when we were startled to see it had been filled, just three days after our post about it. Point for Mayor Nickels and the transportation crew. Our high-mileage 1970s 3-speed thanks you. more ›

What the Hell's Going on with Road Repair, Greg?

What the Hell's Going on with Road Repair, Greg?

The failing state of the roads on Capitol Hill (and maybe all over Seattle, we just happen to spend most of our time cursing Capitol Hill potholes) has been getting to us the last few days. Biking around, we're spending as much time avoiding potholes that will swallow our front tire as sleep-deprived drivers on cell phones. We wanted to get a photo to illustrate what we're talking about, and the only issue was, which huge pothole would it be? more ›

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