Too, too funny:
"Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels was unable to reach the inauguration ceremony for President Barack Obama, because his route was blocked inside a tunnel."
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"A few local wags found symbolism in the fact that Nickels, who favors a multi-billion dollar tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, found himself stuck in a tunnel. "That's absolutely ridiculous," his spokesman said."
Why, yes, it is.
Tunnels are bad. They require
Tunnels are bad. They require digging. They only reason they do it is to avoid disturbing existing structures. But buildings are obsolete in 20 years. When you replace them build in several layers for traffic at the bottom. Start the people levels up around the 5th, or maybe even the 10th floor.
http://pergelator.blogspot.com/2007/06/better-city.html
I've got nothing against
I've got nothing against digging, per se. And twenty years seems awfully arbitrary.
Of the tallest twenty-five buildings in Seattle, only five are "not obsolete", and one of those becomes "obsolete" next year.