Nerd Heaven: Norway? The I-90 Freeway station Online Open House? Take your pick.

Tonight's round of Nerd Fun:

1. Contemplate emigration to Norway? Are you disgusted with the president's racist fulminations? How about moving to Norway? Anyone with the slightest amount of sense will realize that, even if for example Los Angeles is overrun by pickled herring outlets,  people from Norway are much less likely to want to move to the US than the reverse. Here is a link to get you started making plans::

EmigrateMeNorway

2. Want to stick closer to home? How about an online open house related the Judkins Park / I-90 Sound Transit station construction processes? Briefly:

--The I90 bus stops above Rainier at I 90 will close in September 2018.

--There will be lots of changes to Metro and Sound Transit routes as construction occurs; after the new station opens there will be other adjustments.

Here is the link to the Online Open House; it also includes dates for 3 in-person events. AND for bonus, there are options to translate the content into one of several languages. The buttons RantWoman tried do indeed produce content albeit abbreviated in languages RantWoman is familiar with. 

Online Open House I-90 station Service changes

RantWoman admits to being a little skeptical of online Open House concept but willing to try it.

That means the first thing RantWoman will do is put one of the in-person meetings into her (VERY analog) calendar. The date did get entered  correctly; RantWoman is a little confused about what appeared though as she was checking the fields. RantWOman does not want to troubleshoot right now.

One thing RantWoman would like is the option of seeing (and even voting up or down) other people's comments. RantWoman appreciates knowing the range of views especially when they may differ from her own. But a good conversation can also develop from people riffing on each other's ideas. Hello social media.

Elevators: RantWoman has heard a rumor that a second elevator is back in the picture. The second elevator would save people especially including blind and deaf-blind people who may work nearby having to cross the tracks some of the time. That would be very nice, and nice no matter how much RantWoman wants to believe engineers about low risk because trains are moving slowly. Stay tuned.

Meeting at a bus stop? Okayyyy. Could be noisy and rainy.

RantWoman has a pretty good idea of the bus routings and is glad there will be stops at Rainier and Charles. That sounds like a big improvement over more movement in the neighborhood, the option presented at an earlier round of public participation.

RantWoman is still in "inquiring minds want to know" mode though about pedestrian and bicycle flows at the new station. At the last event RantWoman attended, it seemed like there was lots of potential for streams of high-powered bicycle commuters to intersect with pedestrian flows on the 23rd Avenue side of the station. RantWoman would actually appreciate having SOMETHING about any evolution in thinking  to review in the on-line open house.

3. No actually, RantWoman is not this much of a nerd tonight. Another Light Rail Station is opening near RantWoman's faith community and RantWoman thinks but is not going to check tonight that there are points worth paying attention to already on the calendar about that station too. BUt not tonight!