Eric de Place, former director of the Thin Green Line program, spearheaded Sightline’s work on energy policy for two decades. Known as a leading expert on coal, oil, and gas export plans in the Pacific Northwest, he is considered an authority on a range of issues connected to fossil fuel transport, including carbon emissions, local pollution, transportation system impacts, rail policy, and economics. Find his research here.
Why not spend the $4b on public transportation? By the time the tunnel is done, cars will be so over.Ah well. Between the financial bailouts of the Wall street bonuses, the Iraq war and the tunnel, at least we know we’re throwing *all* our money into the hole. Maybe a good barter system will finally get going.
“By the time the tunnel is done, cars will be so over.”=======================We will all still be driving cars and riding scooters. The difference is, they will mostly be electric.
Since we’re making predictions, I think long distance transportation will be in sharp decline right around then. We’ll still have plenty of hybrids on the road and high-value truck shipping, but electric won’t have much over a 50 mile range without a significant technology breakthrough. If the tunnel really is only for West Seattle then it’ll still be useful, but if it’s intended to be a highway (what WA is paying for), it will be a massive failure.But maybe once it’s done we can convert it to a train tunnel, with light rail on the top level and heavy rail underneath.
Elisabeth
Why not spend the $4b on public transportation? By the time the tunnel is done, cars will be so over.Ah well. Between the financial bailouts of the Wall street bonuses, the Iraq war and the tunnel, at least we know we’re throwing *all* our money into the hole. Maybe a good barter system will finally get going.
James
“By the time the tunnel is done, cars will be so over.”=======================We will all still be driving cars and riding scooters. The difference is, they will mostly be electric.
Matt Gangemi
Since we’re making predictions, I think long distance transportation will be in sharp decline right around then. We’ll still have plenty of hybrids on the road and high-value truck shipping, but electric won’t have much over a 50 mile range without a significant technology breakthrough. If the tunnel really is only for West Seattle then it’ll still be useful, but if it’s intended to be a highway (what WA is paying for), it will be a massive failure.But maybe once it’s done we can convert it to a train tunnel, with light rail on the top level and heavy rail underneath.