By: Steve Scher, Bob Donegan, Jeffrey Ochsner, Carol binder, David Brewster, Cary Moon
"Weekday," KUOW-FM
January 8, 2009
On the show's second hour, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., the host Steve Scher and his guests discussed how to best replace the seismically vulnerable Alaskan Way viaduct on State Route 99 along Seattle's waterfront. the focus was on the surface street-transit option and the inland, deep bored tunnel option. The KUOW Web page for this segment is here, including guest bios and Real Audio and MP3 links to audio of the segment (under "Listen To Weekday").
Here is a direct link to the MP3 of the segment.
A full discussion of the deep bored tunnel option takes place in the second half of the segment, starting at the 26:36 mark.
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Of the four guests who stated a preference, three (UW professor Ochsner, Ivar's CEO Donegan, and Pike Place Market Executive Director Binder) said they favored the deep bore tunnel option, emphasizing the importance of thru traffic capacity and minimization of disruption to businesses.
