昨天 King County Metro 展示明年起開始的 RapidRide 快速公車的圖裝…看起來真的很像是熱狗. Seattle PI 上的照片 加州洛杉磯的 Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 的這個路線幾乎成為全美快速公車的典範. 從影片上, 可以清楚的看到加州的 BRT 是建在公車專屬的車道上, 因此可以把公車當捷運使用. 但是 King County Metro 的 RapidBus 和今年 11 月 30 日起就會開始行駛的 Community Transit 的 SWIFT 都是建在普通道路上, 和一般交通擠在一起. 實在很懷疑這種快速公車是否可以發揮她應有的功能? Side Note: Publications of Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner One in five Seattle-area homeowners ‘underwater’ Pedestrians to drivers: Back off!: “Between 2005 and 2007, 23 pedestrians were killed by vehicles in Seattle, according to the city. About 1,500 more people were hit by vehicles, in several cases suffering debilitating injuries.” Phone home and call likely answered on the cell Pending sales of single-family homes in King County surged in April