godtomsatan Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Seattle just got a stupid new piece of the puzzle to the transportation nightmare in its city. It's a new fangled trolley car that was basically put in at the request of those developing the South Lake Union neighborhood. The area has essentially been warehouse space for 100 years, with many low income housing venues, that are of course being demolished in favor of high rises and retail facilities to suit the "biotech" companies being recruited into the area. The trolley car idea was very controversial because this whole region is a transportation nightmare, but somehow this one particular neighborhood got a bucket load of city $$$ to put in this one transit line even though there wasn't anyone really living there at the time of the approval. The chief developer of this area by the way is Seahawks owner Paul Allen (or at least his holding companies). The neighborhood is being dubbed "Allentown" now. Anyway, as I said, it was a very controversial piece of corporate welfare doled out by the city council, and while sitting at a stop light watching one of the trollies move by, it dawned on me that none of the money went to thinking about what they might name the thing: South Lake Union Trolley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Sort of like the trolley at the San Diego Zoo. http://www.snopes.com/business/names/wgasa.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh B Tool Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I have the T-Shirt "Ride The Slut" (South Lake Union Trolley) Just had to buy it when I saw it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I have the T-Shirt "Ride The Slut" (South Lake Union Trolley) Just had to buy it when I saw it do you know where i can get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 the title got me all excited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 the title got me all excited a surveying term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh B Tool Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 do you know where i can get one? I think there is actually a website now(or so I've heard). I bought mine from a coffee stand in that neck of the hood. They are making more on the shirts than the coffee lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Sort of like the trolley at the San Diego Zoo. http://www.snopes.com/business/names/wgasa.asp Closed now. They have a surface thing that pulls a string of cars now - I was there about a couple months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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