Ride The S.L.U.T.

In the neighborhood where I work (South Lake Union) there is a fairly unpopular project going on to create a trolley line that serves no real transportation purpose other than perhaps to give some office workers more places to eat lunch. In the meantime the construction of this project is wreaking havoc with all other attempts to get around, and the tracks are an enormous safety hazard to bicyclists.

Thus I was amused to see this sign up today, as well as the shirts for sale in Kapow! (a great local coffee shop). I would buy one if I could wear it to work, that probably wouldn't go over very well though.

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raspberryteacup says:

I work for the company that commissioned the Trolley -- this poster is effin hilarious. I'm tempted to send it anonymously to the SLU design team...
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

liquidnight says:

Ha! I like that a lot.

While that area is a war zone, I never know where my bus stop will be from one day to the next. On several occasions the ad hoc stops were so poorly marked that my bus just drove right by me.
Fun!

Recently, while waiting for said bus, a disgruntled business owner and came out and vented to me about her S.L.U.T.-related woes. According to her, the owner of every building that the trolley will pass is expected to fork over tens of thousands of dollars for it, regardless of whether or not they wanted it or even had anything to do with its presence in that neighbourhood.

She also ranted about how Westlake Ave. was originally turned into a one-way street quite a few years ago because the area was completely choked by traffic when it was a two-way street. It'll be interesting to see how it does as a two-way street again, only this time with hordes of condominium residents adding to the mix.

Whee!

Needless to say, people are not happy over there for myriad understandable reasons.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

veo_ says:

Hahaha, this picture is hilarious.

I live in Eastlake and commute downtown by bus every day and the construction has caused me nothing but problems. I especially enjoy that the S.L.U.T. starts too far south on fairview and ends too far north in downtown to be useful to me for commuting at all. Useless!

It's even more frustrating knowing that there was an electric streetcar running from the u-district, through eastlake and South Lake Union to Downtown which was REMOVED in 1941.

Seattle's transit situation sucks!

FYI - this picture was featured on reddit.com today but they linked directly to the flickr static image rather then this page.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

reverendkomissar says:

There are actually plans afoot to eventually extend the trolley all the way to the U-District. It's easy to roll one's eyes at it now that everything's torn up, but I suspect that, if it's not mismanaged, it'll turn into a useful little choo-choo.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

eric sæter says:

I know there are a lot of negatives that come with something like this but ddaammmmnnn our city just needs some transportation already.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

JeanineAnderson says:

this poster is off the chain!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

miah_lisa says:

It's not just a poster it's an ad for a t-shirt being sold at Kapow! Coffee, an oldschool coffeeshop in the Cascade Neighborhood. So go get your shirt!! I can't believe that the city or Vulcan haven't either shot these people or hired them as their ad execs! As for us longtime residents of what they now call SLU but what has been known as the Cascade neighborhood for the last 100 YEARS! We just love our new trolley given to us from Paul and Pickels! For all you newcomers here is the honest to god true backstory as seen firsthand from those of us in the Cascade neighborhood. Thank Goodness for the people at Kapow! brave enough to tell the F@#in truth about the Trolley!

As legend has it, when the locals powers that be began their extensive and overwhelming redevelopment of the Cascade neighborhood in Seattle, they decided to rename the 100 year old neighborhood South Lake Union. One of the major projects slated for the area was the S.L.U.T., the South Lake Union Trolley. However, once the powers that be realized the unfortunate and embarrassing acronym this created they quickly scrapped the trolley label opting to call the new train a "streetcar". However the long time denizens of the Cascade neighborhood took a liking to the original name and decided to keep it. Thus this somewhat silly yet endearing story of wealth and power gone slightly awry is commemorated in these limited edition South Lake Union Trolley T-shirts.

This is the truth as anybody who has lived or worked in the Cascade knows and the city has been backtracking on their dumb mistake for years. For the last few years it was the SLU "streetcar" now they are calling it the "Seattle streetcar"?!! But we all love our new S.L.U.T. Notice how the poster could say F@!k the S.L.U.T but it doesn't because nobody I know is grumbing or upset at all! We love the S.L.U.T. We really want Get behind the S.L.U.T. We want everybody to Come on the S.L.U.T!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

anyes☆ says:

ah ah!!!!! hilarious!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Erick C says:

hahahahahahaha this is so cool...and really funny

seen in explore : )
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Sodabowski says:

Wearing a S.L.U.T. shirt while bitching about it also has huge philosophical meaning :)

BTW we have a new tram being built here in Paris,France, around the city (causing lots of trouble) but as it will replace existing buses, all in all it's a great improvement. Another great French city, Lyon, is literally webbed with trolley buses, making it absolutely AWFUL. Just imagine, wires all over all the main streets. Disgusting.

Oh and hey, your shot made it to Explore :)
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

LilFr38 (still cameraless) says:

Excellent!!! ;-) ... this poster is a must have!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Jodi_C says:

fantastic
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

td- says:

hehe
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Catherine.CG.WQ☥ says:

oh wow - classic!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

scottwblack says:

Yeah, wiping out on trolley tracks is no fun. I did a number of times back in New Orleans when I was riding my bike to and from work.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

miah_lisa says:

I used to ride my bike into the Cascade but now that the S.L.U.T. is coming, no pun intended, I'm leaving it at home and riding the S.L.U.T. all day long!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Tonka 3000 says:

Great fun :)
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

pos009 says:

I love idea of a SLUT coming to the front door of my work and taking me to lunch downtown! I can't wait to ride her, and maybe by the time I'm 50, I can ride that b!tch all the way home, too!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Gregory Sawyer says:

Oh, Indeed!

I think about just how useful this trollyallup (a trolly that meets a trollop) truly is as I sit on Mercer every morning spewing burnt hydrocarbons into the sky because I work down south and can't get there by public transport.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Gabbie & the Pink Robots says:

that's so funny!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Captain Interesting says:

Very, ah, droll ...
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Kirpernicus says:

Damn funny flyer and comments!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Eye Candy!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

authorized slut says:

Can I get a HELL YEAH?
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Justin Craigen says:

HilARRRRRRRious! Reminds me of the initials of my elementary school: A.P.E.S.

Stupid Int'l Talk Like a Pirate Day....
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

liquidnight says:

www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/09/19/seattle.train.a p/index.html
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

veo_ says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called S.L.U.T., and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Christopher - คริสโตเฟอร์ - says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The True Washington State Through Your Lense!!

This picture is amazing and we would SO much, LOVE to have it posted to our new group here on Flickr!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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