alex block ⚽️ @alexblock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It also… doesn’t look comparable? That curve is really tight (r=250’ is what’s in their design criteria book) and STILL requires underpinning existing buildings/leaving the street ROW. Also, their manual requires wider curves on elevated structures. 110
Oran โอม @oranv.com · 25/09/2026That curve (and whole downtown subway) predates Sound Transit. It was designed for buses in the 1980s. 220
alex block ⚽️ @alexblock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yeah, and the LRVs are capable of very tight curves, but those are very very slow 000
Oran โอม @oranv.com · 25/09/2026Also, the Seattle Monorail Green Line (Ballard-West Seattle) was a thing they were going to build through downtown, elevated of course. 010