Riding bus may save $8,400
American Public Transportation Association study says that Seattle drivers would save $8,413 a year by trading in their cars for transit passes. (Seattle Post Intelligencer — Gregory Roberts and Evi Sztajno)
July 23, 200810 lame reasons to delay mass transit
While some have found plenty of reasons to oppose Seattle’s plan to expand its light rail system and improve bus service, the city’s mayor, Greg Nickels, isn’t buying what the naysayers are selling. (Seattle Times)
July 8, 2008Growth can be an opportunity to create livable neighborhoods
Two Seattle activists argue that by encouraging the creation of walkable neighborhoods and urban villages, the region will accommodate growth in the right way — as long as transit is included in the equation. (Seattle Times — Dan Cantrell and Jessyn Farrell)
July 7, 2008Will gas prices drive homebuyers away from suburbs?
Will gas prices drive homebuyers away from suburbs?
Seattle Times
Elizabeth Rhodes
As gas prices climb, homebuyers increasingly will choose to live closer to work, and that eventually will depress suburban home prices while strengthening in-city values, a Portland economist predicts.
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