tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post8232528027689874221..comments2023-08-29T20:10:09.762-07:00Comments on DO IT RIGHT TACOMA: Pictures of Tacoma Rail Line BermsDO IT RIGHT TACOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07833843625491624976noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post-28062998625963141832009-08-26T16:10:27.763-07:002009-08-26T16:10:27.763-07:00The latest D to M street fact sheet does say the b...The latest D to M street fact sheet does say the berm will be landscaped, I might add.<br /><br />If doitrighttacoma could stick only with actual problems and not create false ones, you'd get a lot more traction.Ben Schiendelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868149806132033807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post-47791390394730453882009-08-24T08:35:14.483-07:002009-08-24T08:35:14.483-07:00Ben's link is meaningless, ST will not landsca...Ben's link is meaningless, ST will not landscape, they have said so very clearly. The Dome District is not exactly being treated like the Rainier Valley. What’s with Capitol Hill folks pushing for the berm??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post-18622976506454407292009-08-22T10:15:21.467-07:002009-08-22T10:15:21.467-07:00The pictures are of Tacoma berms and Sound Transit...The pictures are of Tacoma berms and Sound Transit uses the rail line. Sound Transit may not have built them but they use them. <br /><br />Bottom line, berms are usually ugly and they are usually not maintained. These berms and any future Tacoma berms should not look like the ones in the pictures. If new berms are built in Tacoma, they need to be attractive and properly maintained, not ugly. <br /><br />The pictures posted on the blog are current berms in Tacoma. They should look better and future berms should not be built in an Urban environment like the Dome District.DO IT RIGHT TACOMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07833843625491624976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post-74534491927858191682009-08-20T08:45:39.647-07:002009-08-20T08:45:39.647-07:00Hey, you guys realize those are Tacoma Rail berms,...Hey, you guys realize those are Tacoma Rail berms, not Sound Transit berms? Sound Transit didn't build those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post-11682682629012207122009-08-19T14:54:03.806-07:002009-08-19T14:54:03.806-07:00One minor detail: those aren't "Sound Tra...One minor detail: those aren't "Sound Transit's Tacoma berms". They don't own that track. BNSF or Tacoma Rail own it. <br /><br />Second minor detail: your intrepid instigator/photographer is shooting pictures in an industrial zone, where design standards would have been either absent or minimal. <br /><br />Dome District activists may have legitimate concerns about the D Street to M Street rail project. But they don't serve the public interest by using blatant scare tactics all the time. <br /><br />Please try to stick to the facts. 95% of this website is speculation and conjecture. And even for ideologically driven activism, that's not a very good accuracy ratio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post-45674337907958464752009-08-19T14:46:44.137-07:002009-08-19T14:46:44.137-07:00Hey, those aren't Sound Transit berms. Those a...Hey, those aren't Sound Transit berms. Those are Tacoma Rail berms. Sound Transit's berms would look like Sound Transit projects. Here's an example of a landscaped area Sound Transit has done:<br />http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/7-16-032.jpgBen Schiendelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868149806132033807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post-72422095657215074142009-08-18T20:39:13.111-07:002009-08-18T20:39:13.111-07:00Give up City Council and Sound Transit. Be real an...Give up City Council and Sound Transit. Be real and do it the Post and Beam method like the whole City knows it should be. And so do you. Suck up your pride,we will still love ya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post-66807795930636334912009-08-18T20:35:33.440-07:002009-08-18T20:35:33.440-07:00Wow will Pacific Ave and A Street look good for fi...Wow will Pacific Ave and A Street look good for fifty years. Portland Ave was done in 2003.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316340660510040074.post-83633796253015364582009-08-17T16:05:55.551-07:002009-08-17T16:05:55.551-07:00At a minimum they create huge dead zones.At a minimum they create huge dead zones.Erik B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00482308995128806419noreply@blogger.com