Memo: Your Plan Isn't Working

April 30th, 2008
The idealistic fools at the Sierra Club recently took their "no new roads ever!" pitch to the pages of the Tacoma News Tribune op-ed pages. The short version of their argument is that Prop 1 failed last fall because voters...

No light rail? Then we’re not buying tickets – TheNewsTribune.com

March 26th, 2008
No light rail? Then we’re not buying tickets TheNewsTribune.com, WA - Mar 26, 2008 Later – with Seattle’s support – Sound Transit would support the extension of light rail through South King County to the Tacoma Dome Station. ...

Traffic's so bad, we might actually be willing to pay a toll – Crosscut

March 4th, 2008
Traffic's so bad, we might actually be willing to pay a toll Crosscut, WA - Mar 4, 2008 WSDOT was viewed favorably by 52 percent, Sound Transit by 55 percent, and the Regional Transportation Improvement District (RTID) by only 23 percent (with ...

A rush 'hour' that lasts all day? – Crosscut

February 25th, 2008
A rush 'hour' that lasts all day? Crosscut, WA - 3 hours ago
 By Lisa Albers The folks at Sound Transit really want you to take an online survey to help them do what voters said shouldn't be done via Proposition 1. ...

Is Sound Transit already working on 'Son of Proposition 1?'

February 21st, 2008
I found part of the news release curious: "The Sound Transit Board of Directors is responding to the public’s support for voting on a transit-only measure by taking a renewed look at what transit service expansions would make the biggest and quickest improvements for commuters for the least cost." It was only three and a half months ago that the $18 billion ballot measure got the stuffing kicked out of it. I know Sound Transit paid good money to have consultants tell the agency why the measure got trounced so badly. There were a lot of reasons, but the ...

No traction on transportation – TheNewsTribune.com

February 17th, 2008
No traction on transportation TheNewsTribune.com, WA - Feb 17, 2008
 Haugen wanted to turn over highway planning and funding in the three Puget Sound-area counties to Sound Transit, the 12-year-old, three-county organization ...

Haugen having trouble moving governance scheme out of …

February 13th, 2008
But respondents also said the package was too big and too complex thanks to the coupling of Sound Transit 2 and RTID's Blueprint for Progress (the roads plan):. Another insight from the poll: voters didn't like Olympia's meddling - the ...

Seattle Times in the slow lane

February 13th, 2008
All those polls that showed RTID dragging the measure down, and all that opposition from anti-roads advocates like the Sierra Club — that had absolutely nothing to do with Prop 1’s failure. Jesus… talk about deluded. ...

Will it be McKenna vs. Ladenburg? – Sound Politics

February 6th, 2008
Will it be McKenna vs. Ladenburg? Sound Politics, WA - 16 hours ago
 He is the former chair of Sound Transit and an architect of the failed RTID/Sound Transit funding proposal which was demolished by voters last November. ...

More Prop 1 Fall-out – Sound Politics

January 30th, 2008
More Prop 1 Fall-out Sound Politics, WA - 9 hours ago
 Not sure if it'll get anywhere, but it's a start: local cities prodding Snohomish County to use its authority under the legislation creating the RTID to ...
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