Will no one defend the poor, voiceless drivers of this state?!
Conservative research person Michael Ennis wrote an editorial for Publicola saying that Seattle sucks and is prejudiced against car owners because the state and city are broke and won't build a 40-lane bridge between Bellevue and Seattle's business district and H-bomb those anti-capitalist parking meters.
The rest of us have generally accepted Seattle’s anti-driver policies as the cost of doing business in a big city, and used them as punch lines at parties or whenever relatives from out-of-town would visit.
Har har har! Those stupid bus-riding hippies!
He goes on to reference some study that ranks Seattle as the most congested city in country (another crappy study ranks at as the ninth, and another ranks it tenth). He then uses it to complain about the 520 Bridge project and how lame it's going to be driving on that thing because of all the bus and HOV lanes. Does that bridge even count in the study? I mean, it's not really in Seattle, is it?
But he doesn't hate buses!
Public transportation is important and serves a vital role in highly dense urban areas like downtown Seattle. But transit is expensive and it does not work for the majority of people.
Right, almost nobody outside of downtown Seattle uses public transportation, which is where Metro makes all its fare money, offering those free downtown buses.
Remember, this is the guy who thinks bus drivers, who are among the most stressed-out people ever, are overpaid.
You know what else sucks about buses? Those stretchy things in the middle. I mean, I can't tell if I'm going to puke because of the corners or because of the stench from those dirty, car-hating freeloaders. Amirite?
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