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Old 02-25-2011, 03:50 PM  
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Originally Posted by _Richard_ View Post
for the olympics we had to install this 'rav line', a connection between airport and downtown that had been, as an idea, kicked around for years, but always denied because of 'lack of demand' and 'increased taxes'

soon as the big party came along tho, tptb approved that shit so fast you wouldn't believe, and the first day they quadrupled the expectations of traffic on it

no stats, but i'd say it has definitely lowered the amount of single occupancy vehicles, and encouraged business growth along the entire line

go figure.
I believe it. Public transportation does work. I take to ferry to the monorail to the airport when I fly out of here. Parking at SEATAC is $28/day. The ferry and the train cost me less than $10 total.
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