Comments on: Plentiful Parking To Blame For Seattle’s Bubble? http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/02/08/plentiful-parking-to-blame-for-seattles-bubble/ local real estate news, statistics, and commentary without the sales spin. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:50:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: waitinghttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/02/08/plentiful-parking-to-blame-for-seattles-bubble/#comment-449 waiting Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:06:23 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=144#comment-449 As a Seattle bus rider and non-car owner I think 2 weeks maximum ought to do it Eliz!<br/><br/>For sure they'll be crying uncle by then.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('449','waiting',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('449','waiting','As a Seattle bus rider and non-car owner I think 2 weeks maximum ought to do it Eliz!<br\/><br\/>For sure they\'ll be crying uncle by then.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> As a Seattle bus rider and non-car owner I think 2 weeks maximum ought to do it Eliz!

For sure they’ll be crying uncle by then.

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]]> By: cosmoshttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/02/08/plentiful-parking-to-blame-for-seattles-bubble/#comment-445 cosmos Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:16:07 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=144#comment-445 I totally agree with "seattle price drop" above. Nichols and anyone else supporting this disasterous policy is an idiot. And I agree, let Nichols and friends first give up their vehicles for a minimum of 2 years.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('445','cosmos',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('445','cosmos','I totally agree with \"seattle price drop\" above. Nichols and anyone else supporting this disasterous policy is an idiot. And I agree, let Nichols and friends first give up their vehicles for a minimum of 2 years.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> I totally agree with “seattle price drop” above. Nichols and anyone else supporting this disasterous policy is an idiot. And I agree, let Nichols and friends first give up their vehicles for a minimum of 2 years.
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]]> By: seattle price drophttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/02/08/plentiful-parking-to-blame-for-seattles-bubble/#comment-425 seattle price drop Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:55:50 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=144#comment-425 To increase transit ridership the city first has to have transit that's worth giving up ones car for.<br/><br/>Seattle does not have that. And it has no plans to have that.<br/><br/>Somebody needs to notify the mayor that nobody's giving up their car for the buses that rarely come and then sit in traffic once you board.<br/><br/>This pisses me off. <br/><br/>Get rid of your car Mayor Nichols and then tell Seattleites to use our great public transport to get around town.<br/><br/>AAAARGHH....<br/><br/>So yeah, in the meantime, let's trash the neighborhoods with cars parked in every nook and cranny.<br/><br/>Let's slow commerce in those neighborhoods cuz who's gonna go there if there's no parking?<br/><br/>Even Boeing gave that as one of their top reasons for relocating Hdqrs. to Chicago. everybody seems to have conveniently forgotten about that.<br/><br/>The whole lack of rapid transit could very well be the downfall of Seattle as a whole as a viable place to live and work, not just those few select neighborhoods.<br/><br/>Nichols is an idiot.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('425','seattle price drop',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('425','seattle price drop','To increase transit ridership the city first has to have transit that\'s worth giving up ones car for.<br\/><br\/>Seattle does not have that. And it has no plans to have that.<br\/><br\/>Somebody needs to notify the mayor that nobody\'s giving up their car for the buses that rarely come and then sit in traffic once you board.<br\/><br\/>This pisses me off. <br\/><br\/>Get rid of your car Mayor Nichols and then tell Seattleites to use our great public transport to get around town.<br\/><br\/>AAAARGHH....<br\/><br\/>So yeah, in the meantime, let\'s trash the neighborhoods with cars parked in every nook and cranny.<br\/><br\/>Let\'s slow commerce in those neighborhoods cuz who\'s gonna go there if there\'s no parking?<br\/><br\/>Even Boeing gave that as one of their top reasons for relocating Hdqrs. to Chicago. everybody seems to have conveniently forgotten about that.<br\/><br\/>The whole lack of rapid transit could very well be the downfall of Seattle as a whole as a viable place to live and work, not just those few select neighborhoods.<br\/><br\/>Nichols is an idiot.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> To increase transit ridership the city first has to have transit that’s worth giving up ones car for.

Seattle does not have that. And it has no plans to have that.

Somebody needs to notify the mayor that nobody’s giving up their car for the buses that rarely come and then sit in traffic once you board.

This pisses me off.

Get rid of your car Mayor Nichols and then tell Seattleites to use our great public transport to get around town.

AAAARGHH….

So yeah, in the meantime, let’s trash the neighborhoods with cars parked in every nook and cranny.

Let’s slow commerce in those neighborhoods cuz who’s gonna go there if there’s no parking?

Even Boeing gave that as one of their top reasons for relocating Hdqrs. to Chicago. everybody seems to have conveniently forgotten about that.

The whole lack of rapid transit could very well be the downfall of Seattle as a whole as a viable place to live and work, not just those few select neighborhoods.

Nichols is an idiot.

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]]> By: Marinitehttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/02/08/plentiful-parking-to-blame-for-seattles-bubble/#comment-423 Marinite Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:21:58 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=144#comment-423 Sorry to burst your bubble (pun intended), but Marin County has tried a similar tactic and it only caused house prices to increase to absurd levels. For the last 30 years Marin County, CA has, to an almost draconian level, restricted building of new houses and not improving the freeway and surface road system. The "logic" was "if we don't improve our infrastructure then people won't move here". They were proven wrong. Now Marin is choked with traffic and congestion not only on the freeway but on the surface streets.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('423','Marinite',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('423','Marinite','Sorry to burst your bubble (pun intended), but Marin County has tried a similar tactic and it only caused house prices to increase to absurd levels. For the last 30 years Marin County, CA has, to an almost draconian level, restricted building of new houses and not improving the freeway and surface road system. The \"logic\" was \"if we don\'t improve our infrastructure then people won\'t move here\". They were proven wrong. Now Marin is choked with traffic and congestion not only on the freeway but on the surface streets.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sorry to burst your bubble (pun intended), but Marin County has tried a similar tactic and it only caused house prices to increase to absurd levels. For the last 30 years Marin County, CA has, to an almost draconian level, restricted building of new houses and not improving the freeway and surface road system. The “logic” was “if we don’t improve our infrastructure then people won’t move here”. They were proven wrong. Now Marin is choked with traffic and congestion not only on the freeway but on the surface streets.
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