Another fact that gets lost in the bikes-vs.-cars debate: Maintaining our roads helps cyclists, too.
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Why We Need More (and More Expensive) Paid Parking
The Seattle Times’ thinly disguised front-page editorial against paid parking gets it wrong. Here’s why.
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Erica C. Barnett
Times Columnist Ignores the Facts on Road Diets
The Seattle Times’ Nicole Brodeur gets the facts wrong on road diets. Yes, all of them.
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Erica C. Barnett
The Real Problem Isn’t Untrained Drivers, It’s That We Let Drivers Kill People
A recent study shows that reckless drivers can be trained to drive less recklessly. But the real solution would be to punish drivers who kill or maim people instead of letting them back on the road.
More »Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Erica C. Barnett
Why Does McGinn’s Potential Rail Plan Look So… Familiar?
Mayor Mike McGinn’s potential light-rail ballot proposal—a Seattle-only line, funded by car owners in the city, running to Ballard and West Seattle—sounds awfully … familiar.
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Erica C. Barnett
On Other Blogs Today by The C Is For Crank
Today, the Seattle Times reports that a 28-year-old man has been charged with “soliciting sex from” a 12-year-old girl. The C is for Crank would like to point out that “sex” between a 28-year-old and a 12-year-old isn’t “sex.” There’s another word for that—one that “objective” newspapers like the Times are too often reluctant to [...]
More »Friday, August 6, 2010
Erica C. Barnett
The Worst Bike Lane in the City
The bike lane on Second Ave. downtown is the most dangerous lane in the city.
More »Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Erica C. Barnett
How Are Sound Transit’s Bike Racks Working Out?
Sound Transit’s recent announcement/reminder that scarce bike racks on light-rail trains are also for luggage raises questions about how well the popular bike storage spaces are faring.
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Erica C. Barnett
SHARE’s Latest Temper Tantrum
SHARE, the homeless-advocacy and shelter group, continues to demand that the city give it extra funding, no strings attached, for bus fare to and from its shelters. The latest temper tantrum: Threatening to close most of their shelters.
More »Friday, July 16, 2010
Erica C. Barnett
Why Bicycle Licenses Make No Sense
Once more, with feeling: Cyclists should not be required to pay for special licenses, because cycling (unlike driving) produces more benefits than costs.
More »Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Erica C. Barnett
Why I’m Skeptical of McGinn’s Nightlife Initiative
Mayor Mike McGinn’s proposed nightlife initiative contains a lot of sensible ideas that would make Seattle’s nightlife scene safer and more sane. Unfortunately, the best ideas are ones McGinn himself can’t do anything about.
More »Friday, July 9, 2010
Erica C. Barnett
County Should Revisit Automatic Wage Increases
If King County wants voters to approve a sales-tax hike to pay for public safety, county officials and the unions need to get serious about cutting costs.
More »Thursday, July 8, 2010
Erica C. Barnett
Anti-Growth Activists Get It Wrong on Job Density
Two anti-growth activists argue against a different kind of density—job density. But moving jobs to the suburbs is not the “green” solution they claim it is.
More »Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Erica C. Barnett
Clarification: City Could Only Access One-Third of Potential Sales Tax
The city could only raise the sales tax 0.1 percent if a sales-tax increase fails to pass the county, county staffers now say. Also, my predictions about the tax.
More »Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Erica C. Barnett
OneAmerica Leader: Immigration is a Women’s Issue
Feminist swoon alert: Pramila Jayapal, the director of the OneAmerica immigration reform group, cowrote a piece last month with Gloria Steinem making the case that immigration is a women’s issue.
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