January 30, 2008
More Prop 1 Fall-out

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 move forward with needed roads projects.

This may or may not mesh with current efforts in Olympia to shelve the RTID and roll Sound Transit into a broader Puget Sound Transportation Agency. And the odds of all the cities and the county actually getting something done aren't terribly high for a number of reasons. But at least somebody is trying to get something done.

That's more than can be said for Olympia's ability to address overdue roads projects.

Posted by Eric Earling at January 30, 2008 09:47 PM | Email This
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1. I guar-on-tee you that the road work needed in Snohomish County will get done better and cheaper and faster if Snohomish County uses the "RTID-format." The alternative is a non-starter: an uber-powerful Sound Transit with an entrenched anti-road culture in charge of deciding when (or if) the needed road repairs and new construction get done. Those mush-headed rail huggers will deep six any road plans; they want all the $$$$ for choo choo trains in Seattle.

Posted by: mulch on January 31, 2008 09:25 AM
2. Hooray for Marysville.

This is exactly what is needed.

I proposed a similar measure for Kent at a recent KBAB (Kent Bicycle Advisory Board) meeting.

Instead of creating "superagencies" let's disband them. I'd get rid of all centralized "rail" projects and free up money for road building and buses in the exurbs.

We need more highways through the exurbs to pull traffic off these streets that were designed for 1/10th the current flow.

Posted by: John Bailo on January 31, 2008 09:41 AM
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