July 23, 2008 - 2:07pm
The skinny on son of Prop. 1
By Wally EdgeSound Transit is back again, after running through several consultants, enough public polls to get the answers they wanted, and now under new management with Seattle's Mayor Nickels in the conductors seat.
Yes, that's right folks, the ballot measure that you thought you turned down last year is reappearing this year, because the people who brought you last year's Proposition 1 roads and rail package have heard your concerns and slimmed down the package to just rails and buses.
Last year's Proposition 1:
- Cost more than $30 billion
- 20 year implementation plan
- New roads including expansion of I-405
- New light rail from Tacoma to Lynwood and from Seattle to Redmond
This year's skinny son of Prop. 1:
- Costs more than $18 billion
- 15 year implementation plan
- New light rail from UW to Lynwood and Seattle to Redmond
- No roads, but a bunch of buses.
What got cut? Roads, and anything south of Seattle.
Is it just us, or does the new and improved, super skinny son of Prop. 1 not look so skinny after all? The P.I. says the new package would cost about $70 per adult, while the old package would have cost $150 per household. What's the real difference, and what makes Sound Transit think they deserve to fare any better at the ballot box this time around?
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Are you kidding? This is a
Are you kidding? This is a great proposal. Scaled down from last year, but still with great extensions going out to the edge of Redmond, to Lynwood and south into Federal Way. The package is also to be built faster than last year's proposal. The south end also gets increase sounder train frequency and capacity in addition to increases in Sound Transit bus service.
Yes, it doesn't fill everyone's needs all at once, but it gets us much much closer to having a real transit system in the puget sound area.
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