“Light rail will not ease traffic congestion.
Yes, that's a fact.”
David Earling
Former Chairman of Sound Transit
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www.bettertransport.info
What You Need to Know About
Sound Transit and Light Rail (PDF)
Get Author's Biography Here (PDF)
COSTS:
Original 1996 Sound |----- 2.3 Billion$
Transit Budget
Spent as of 2007 |------------- 6.7 Billion$
PERFORMANCE:
Rail scheduled for |------------- 21 miles
completion by 2006
Finsihed so far | 0.0 miles
ten years behind schedule
REALITY:
Total daily present |------------ 12 million
trips in Puget Sound
Projected daily trips |----------------16 million
by 2030
Sound Transit |- 214,200 (1.3%)
projected share of
light rail trips





