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Seattle Funding Measure Adding 100,000 Bus Trips Heads to Voters (www.theurbanist.org)

submitted 1 day ago by velma@sh.itjust.works to c/seattle@lemmy.world

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The Seattle City Council approved a beefed-up renewal of the city's dedicated transit funding measure Tuesday on a 9-0 vote, giving voters the chance to sign onto a major expansion of city-funded King County Metro service. If approved in November, the refreshed Seattle Transit Measure will generate around $138 million per year, the vast majority of which would maintain and expand supplemental bus service across the city to increase Seattleites' all-day access to transit.

Increasing the Seattle Transit Measure's funding source from its current 0.15% sales tax rate to 0.3% will allow the City of Seattle to purchase around 100,000 more bus trips per year, ramping up from the 180,000 provided today. That will mean 10-15 routes see increased frequencies, particularly on nights and weekends, with the exact corridors determined using existing equity criteria in place at the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT).

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 6 points 1 day ago

Taking the 28 back to 15 minute headways would be awesome. Getting to and from Lumen would be so much easier.

[–] PointyFluff@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Jimothy Rides the Bus!

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Of course voters are going to approve it but I'm just curious what happens if the added funding doesn't produce the results they say they will?

It seems to happen a lot.

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Do you ever have any serious arguments, or are they always just sour grapes?

You seem to really hate living here, because you jump at every chance to shit on anything any legislature in the state does. Maybe move to Idaho?

You know the example I'm about to mention, because I've brought it up before, but for example: you said that people here deserved what was coming to them with ICE because the legislature and people living here support gun control.

That kind of logic makes it seem like you're just a right-winger that feels trapped here. You aren't, Idaho is right there and it's much cheaper. I'm sure you'll be happier to live with all of the other common clay.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you think they're going to funnel all that extra money straight into their pockets and not add any trips?

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I didn't say that, but you can look at the data all you want. ST & KCM have missed what they promised repeatedly.

FYI, I've believed and have back mass transit for our area since the 90s. The problem I have is the current leadership have had no accountability lately, in fact some of them are scoring political points to higher positions when they have had horrible performance and no one can explain why.

IYKYK.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

FYI, I’ve believed and have back mass transit for our area since the 90s. The problem I have is the current leadership have had no accountability lately, in fact some of them are scoring political points to higher positions when they have had horrible performance and no one can explain why.

This doesn't explain what you think is going to happen if this passes though. Care to elaborate?

I actually do agree with you about our current leadership having no accountability. But that's beside the point here.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I didn't quote you, I asked you a question.

What do you think they're going to miss here? Not add as many trips as they're promising?