Transportation Feb 28, 2012 at 2:59 pm

Graph Time! Commuting in Seattle vs. Portland

Sarah Mirk
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Boeing and Microsoft are out in the 'burbs too. Just saying.
on February 28, 2012 at 3:04 PM Report this
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I understand that you are dumb Sarah, but you should really read your posts before you hit submit. As Tony Choate has so helpfully reminded you already, Seattle also has burbs and those burbs also have large employers.
on February 28, 2012 at 3:19 PM Report this
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There are a lot of variables here. Seattle has a better transit system. Many jobs are indeed in the suburbs, just like here (you know, those areas that Mercury bloggers and commenters demean). Were bikes factored in? No. That's another factor.
on February 28, 2012 at 5:24 PM Report this
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Seattle has worse traffic, and its more painful to drive there.
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/30/daily43.html
on February 28, 2012 at 5:28 PM Report this
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No Js, Seattle has no horse traffic, the Sarah Jessica Parker comment thread is a few posts below.

Well, at least they made the Portland graph pink.
Leaky 2.0 oz The Avatar Slayer on February 28, 2012 at 6:58 PM Report this
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more evidence that trimet sucks
ebag on February 28, 2012 at 7:47 PM Report this
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Seattle's highly-used transit system relies on buses. Maybe we could learn from that instead of building expensive, money sucking trains all over town.

Showstopper, bikes were factored in.
Blabby on February 28, 2012 at 9:47 PM Report this
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I wouldn't have believed that Seattle system relies on buses if it had come in a unregistered comment.
Leaky 2.0 oz The Avatar Slayer on February 28, 2012 at 11:37 PM Report this
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it is still quicker and more convenient to drive and park than use transit in many places throughout Portland. Until that changes, people will choose cars when they can. In Seattle it is probably quicker to use some forms of transit since the auto traffic is so bad.
not Mel Gibson on February 29, 2012 at 12:12 PM Report this

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