This paragraph from Paul’s post at HorsesAss made me bristle (emphasis mine):

Truth be told, I could not wait till tomorrow to experience the SLUT. A friend of mine and I yesterday walked the entire line, up and back from Fred Hutch, as the blue and orange lines did their test runs (c’mon let’s be honest here, it’s purple, not blue). And knock me over with a feather: It was actually faster to walk the route than it would’ve been to ride the trolley. It took us 21 minutes to Westlake Mall’s stop, about 5 minutes faster than the trolley, whose driver said he was trying to simulate actual operating conditions. Now granted, we tend to walk kind of fast. But even with a stop at Whole Foods for a few groceries, we almost beat the damn thing back to Hutch. And let’s face it, most of the time folks won’t be walking the entire line. To suggest that this farcical amusement park ride will fill any transportation need is like saying a new basketball arena would give us a championship NBA team.

Thank you, Mayor Nickels. Thank you so much. You’ll never know how much we appreciate what you’ve done for us. Sure, we can barely afford to live in the city anymore but at least we’ll have a slow train to nowhere to get us back and forth between where we don’t live and where we don’t like to shop.

It’s a good thing the new monorail begins running this Saturday [mb].