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Flexible tolling: the key to solving our congestion
Start with the transportation facts of life. Population in the four counties of Central Puget Sound will have grown from the 2008 total of 3.6 million by another 1.4 million in 2040. Jobs will increase by 1.1 million, and — based on the region's collective proclivities to date — total vehicle miles travelled (VMT) by more than 40 percent.
Barring some big paradigm shift, the percentage of daily "passenger" work trips which occur on transit will grow from 8 percent of the current (2006) total to only 9 percent in 2040. For far more numerous non-work passenger ...
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Seattle Weekly’s “20 things about Seattle we wish were a joke”- Trolleys vs. Bus Capacity
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Washington Poll: Support Slips for Sound Transit’s Proposition 1
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What about the ballot issues? | John Carlson
Do you know many ballot issues you’ll be facing this November?
Twelve: Three statewide initiatives, one regional vote on light rail and eight proposed amendments to the King County Charter (or constitution), some of which matter a lot. How should you vote? Glad you asked.
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Ted Van Dyk’s Crosscut Article: “Ballot Measures Can Subvert Good Government” & Sound Transit’s “Light Rail Kool-Aid”
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Ballot measures: Hate 'em, but here's how I'm voting - Crosscut
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Pierce County Council candidates cite traffic congestion as top issue
The two candidates for Pierce County Council District 3 cited traffic congestion as a top priority at a public forum this afternoon.
Incumbent Roger Bush, R-Graham, and challenger Bruce Lachney, an Eatonville Democrat, spoke to the Puyallup-Sumner Chamber of Commerce at the Best Western Park Plaza in South Hill.
Bush said he was elected to the council four years ago on a pledge to improve public safety, traffic congestion and recreational facilities. He cited improvements in all three areas.
In transportation, Bush cited new road construction throughout the district. He also cited the installation of street lights on ...
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How to Ensure Sound Transit’s Light Rail Ridership #’s- Cut Popular Bus Routes?
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Sound Transit's Prop. 1 spends much, delivers little
This column appears in today's Seattle Times and is based on our Citizens' Guide to Sound Transit, Phase 2 and a piece written for the Heritage Foundation, Reforming State Transportation Policy: Washington State's Efforts to Implement Performance-Based Policies.
Guest columnist | Sound Transit's Prop. 1 spends much, delivers little
Sound Transit's Proposition 1 would disproportionally spend large
amounts of public resources on a transit program that will serve less
than 1 percent of all trips.
By Michael Ennis
Special to The Times
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Nov. 4, voters in King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties will again ...
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