2045 Seattle Hits the Pages of The Stranger
In the past few months, we’ve managed to get stories on KOMO and Q13, quotes in the major papers and even a little radio action over at KUOW, but nothing makes our young Seattle hearts beat faster than making the pages of The Stranger.
Mind you, it’s not all pretty. We’re in an uphill battle and most of us are new to politics and protest, so the article includes our inexperience and missteps along with our proud accomplishments. Quite frankly, we’d rather be napping, but we know it’s worth the fight.
We’ve also revamped a lot of our site. Be sure to check out our new information including The Green Line Map, A New Financing Plan We Can Afford, New Experienced Leadership, 28 Reasons to Vote Yes and our Pro-Monorail Voting Guide.
We also have a revamped How Can I Help? section with all your options laid out nicely.
Be sure to check out Josh Feit’s column too wherein he kindly asks the Mayor if it’s okay to call him Mayor Gridlock.
October 27th, 2005 at 9:00 am
I like how Molly got “Kirsten Dunst” while Gloddy got “Mophead”.
No, really, I’m proud of you guys. And you make me inspired to take my citizenship more seriously.
October 27th, 2005 at 1:01 pm
I love the new information-type pages (e.g. map of the route) — it’s very clear and helpful and gives people the tools/information that helps make the case to other people.
Two questions I’ve had that I’ve been unable to find answers for (though I’m guessing they probably haven’t been decided yet):
1. Any idea on the cost-per-ride? I saw somewhere on that a day pass would be $19/day (designed for tourists, I would imagine), but that normal fares would be comprable to the cost of a bus ride. There seems to be a discrepency here (a day pass for the Metro is something like $6?) — any more information?
2. What are the operating hours? Will the Monorail only run from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. or something that is aimed mostly toward business riders? Or will it go late into the night and run 24 hours?
thanks
October 27th, 2005 at 3:52 pm
Hey Jason,
Here’s some answers for ya.
1. According to the interview Director John Haley gave on KUOW yesterday, the average fare per rider will be $1.19. No kidding. Odds are the fair will be somewhat higher, probably to match the fare structure of the buses in the city, but keep in mind that a fair above that serves to make the system more profitable. The $19 a day system pass that the opponents like to bring up is a one day system pass that would be marketed to tourists.
2. I’m not sure what the operating hours are when the line opens, but I think I remember an early morning to late evening schedule. Like it shuts off around midnight and opens in the morning again. But, it’s just like the other transit systems: adjustable. When the demand is there, keeping it open later will certainly be something to do.
October 27th, 2005 at 6:12 pm
Congrats! Things are heating up — you can see it in the Google Adwords data. 2045 messages have been displayed in Google search results more than 3,400 times this month with more than a third of that total coming this week. Here’s a look at the daily chart for all the google keywords associated with 2045Seattle messaging and here’s a chart that isolates searches for 2045Seattle variants specifically. I’ll be interested to see how things tick up even further after this article.