September 30th, 2007
Drivers ask why speed limits differ on the Tacoma Narrows bridges, and what the mysterious green light is on I-5 north of Everett.
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September 30th, 2007
The Public Interest Transportation Forum site has posted a PDF and article detailing their assertion that because Proposition One renews a sales tax implemented in 1996 that could have been “partially rolled back after ten years by voters” it means a doubling of the existing tax. The article does not provide the ability to comment, so we’d love to see people provide their opinions of this assertion here.
September 30th, 2007
Up Front with Robert Mak: Proposition One - Roads & Transit Debate held at the City Club and aired on King 5 TV on September 23rd is available online here. Panelists included King County Councilmember Julia Patterson and Kemper Freeman.
September 30th, 2007
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Last days of the ICE AgeSeattle Times, United States - 5 hours agoVoters have been inching along the banks of this regional Rubicon for over a decade by approving Sound Transit in 1996, by gambling on an expanded monorail ... |
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September 30th, 2007
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September 29th, 2007
Proposition One (“RTID”). Yes – 39.24%. No – 45.56%. No endorsement – 15.18%. No endorsement. Constitutional Measure 8206 (“Rainy Day Fund”). Yes – 27%. No – 54%. No Endorsement. Referendum 67 – Fair Insurance Conduct Act ...
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September 29th, 2007
In my Thursday
Slog post about
KC Executive Ron Sims's big announcement (the longtime Sound Transit board member and light rail booster came out
against this November's $17.8 billion Roads and Transit package which includes $10 billion for 50 new miles of
Sound Transit light rail), I concluded:
The big question for Sims is whether he supports the Sierra Club’s push to bring a light rail vote back next year.
The pro-transit crowd that is opposing the measure—like the Seirra Club and the Cascade Bicycle Club—
believes we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to invest billions in transit. They ...
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September 29th, 2007
Sound Transit contractors today hoisted the last of 2,457 concrete segments into place to finish almost five miles of elevated light rail trackway between South Seattle and Tukwila.
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September 29th, 2007
The Puget Sound transportation mess might be all in our head.
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September 28th, 2007
By Michael Ennis, Director, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Washington Policy Center, Center for Transportation Policy
This is the fifth chapter in an ongoing series of analysis on the RTID/ST2 ballot measure. The previous installments include: Part I: The Cost of Sound Transit, Part II: Your Transportation Tax Burden, Part III: Cost Exceeds Benefits in Sound Transit’s Light Rail Expansion, and
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