Recent Posts Tagged With 'transportation'

• Light Rail and SeaTac

  Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 10:00 in transportation, airport, infrastructure

  Finally.  We now have rail to the airport in Seattle.Early holiday arrival: light rail to airport With duffel bags, wheeled luggage and children in tow, a steady stream of travelers tried Sound Transit's new SeaTac/Airport Station on its opening...

• Delays as the norm

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 03:05 in travel, transportation, airport

  On Thursday, the failure of a single piece of hardware in Salt Lake City made a wreck of the air travel system. It impacted hundred of flights and resulted in cancellations and delays across the country as we head into one of the busiest travel weeks...

• Impaired Vision on the Road

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 03:07 in travel, traffic, transportation

  Dust storms recently shut down I90 in Eastern Washington, near Moses Lake.  It looks like the road is now open. MOSES LAKE, Wash. -- Strong winds that had whipped up dust and caused poor visibility in Eastern Washington have subsided, allowing a...

• Victoria Part 02: Ferry Rides

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 00:04 in travel, transportation

  Victoria is only 80 miles from Seattle, but for that short distance, it can be a pain to get to. Damn water.Now that the GF has her passport, we headed up there a few days ago. There are several choices for the journey.You can take the Victoria Cli...

• Light Rail and Soccer

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 05:36 in sports, transportation

  On Saturday, Light Rail finally started rolling in Seattle. It's not a perfect system, but it could grow into a great transit solution, if Seattle will just stop talking to itself and build some damn infrastructure.I thought about jumping on the tra...

• Stimulus spending in Seattle

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 00:34 in Economy, Seattle, transportation, infrastructure

  The Capitol Hill Seattle Blog reported on Tuesday that King County Metro Transit is using $46 million in federal stimulus money to purchase new hybrid electric busse to replacing aging diesel busses.It sounds like sensible purchase for Metro. Metro ...

• Danger at the airport

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 05:57 in travel, stupid, transportation, airport

  At SEA Thursday night, airport danger did not come from difficulty with a plane, unsavory characters, or even an overzealous TSA person. The runways and hallways were clear. The driveways -- not so much.I hauled my luggage off the escalator and hea...

• Seattle and Paying to ride the bus

  Posted on Sunday April 19th, 2009 at 02:38 in Seattle, transportation

  Seattle is finally introducing its version of NYC's highly convenient Metrocard.From the SeattlePI.com:It's a transit pass and pay-per-ride card that can be used throughout King, Kitsap, Snohomish and Pierce counties. It's three years later and $5 mi...