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I will be turning on comments for some postings. In the past I have turned these on, then turned them off, depending on my mood. I’m getting enough emails from folks to merit allowing you all to speak for yourselves. If I don’t turn on comments for a posting that you’re dying to say something about, just ask. Please play nice. Thank you.
I realize that you all want to talk about city council races, but I’m still waiting for somebody to tell me where to get dim sum without driving to Seattle (or Renton).
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4 comments
J Jake January 25, 2013
21st is already a mess and gets backed up. What happens when UWT expands and 19th is closed to traffic and the main arterial shifts to 21st between Tacoma and Jefferson Ave?
D Dan H. January 25, 2013
25th, or 17th will both get you to Jefferson, or Market even in a future senario where UW is built out, but my guess is that you will want to park around the edges of campus and use the substantial pedestrian walkways they are going to build to get around on campus. The thing I like least is the design of the future tunnel, is having the road so far above the sidewalks. Instead, they should pay Holiday Inn and the building owner up the hill to modify their buildings so the roadway is retained against the building wall and the sidewalk will be at the same level as the road, with ramps and stairs to connect it to the trail through the tunnel below.
A anonymous January 26, 2013
I just reviewed the presentation packet and the new UWT corridor designs (both phase 1 and masterplan) look great – maintaining the continuity of the rail as a design element, allowing through traffic as well as places to gather, and artfully incorporating stormwater. These themes should be extended to the portions of the corridor outside of the UWT footprint. I am also pleased to see the 21st street crossing advanced as a phased approach that acknowledges the difficulty of the street slope and the importance of a future grade separated crossing at this busy street. Previous versions of this crossing I had seen showed what I’ll call a bridge design as opposed to a tunnel portal. A rail tunnel seems more appropriate. I agree with the other comments that note the sidewalks should stay with the raised 21st street, requiring adjustments to the buildings south of 21st. These improvements should likely be timed with the buildout of of new buildings north of 21st in the UWT footprint, which hopefully can happen soon.
B Brent January 28, 2013
Traffic could be better if the morons who built the new SR-16 let you go North to I-5 from Sprague. Morons!!
You can’t speak down on what UWT has done for this city. I give them a free pass to do whatever they desire.
They changed Tacoma for the better, that is the best part of downtown to even be around.