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by lamontcg 973 days ago
> In Seattle for instance you can beat a driver to the airport every time during traffic

Sea-Tac is 22 minutes from my house by car, during the worst traffic it is usually around 35 mins (I don't have to drive through downtown), and 1 hour 18 minutes by bus and lightrail. I live about 4 miles as the crow flies from the SODO light rail station.

> Mass transit is the solution.

This is only a solution for a large, dense urban environment, and really only a partial solution at that.