[Transit] Westneat column on 3rd Ave and buses

[Wes Mills]

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/why-is-seattles-third-avenue-not-recovering-it-just-might-be-the-buses/

In this column, Danny Westneat picks up on the Twitter drama where former Microsoft executive Steve Sinofski posited that the problem with 3rd Ave is that drivers can’t use it 24/7.  Westneat makes the argument that while buses aren’t the root of the problem, other streets without as many buses—and with more drivers in cars—are recovering faster.

I am wondering if this is something we should push back on, maybe an op-ed submitted to the Times (to them first because they published Westneats column but if they decline, then ask The Urbanist)?

Bias note: I was quoted, without a name and out of context, from my Twitter account towards the end of the article.  That’s not why I’m asking if we should push back, but it’s also why I wouldn’t write an op-ed just by myself (as I’m not upset by the quote, but I don’t want folks to take an op-ed as I am). :)
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