<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/why-is-seattles-third-avenue-not-recovering-it-just-might-be-the-buses/">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/why-is-seattles-third-avenue-not-recovering-it-just-might-be-the-buses/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>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)?<br></div><div><br></div><div>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). :)<br></div></body></html>