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Eastside connection: Time to show support for train across the lake

Much of the hope and promise in the light rail work that is going to tear the hell out of Capitol Hill is in the connections we will have to quickly travel the Puget Sound region without a car. Yes, we’ll have a faster, more reliable route to places like the University District but extensions north and east have the potential to radically change life on the Hill for the better. So we might want to lend our names to a battle brewing over extending light rail to the Eastside. Seattle Transit Blog lays out the issues:

  1. The state should fund, as promised, the two-way HOV lane project on I-90 so that light rail can be completed to the Eastside on time. East Link will be delayed for years without this funding.
  2. Sound Transit should receive funds for the three Regional Mobility grants which it was competitively awarded. ST won these grants because the projects are among the best transportation investments in the state.
  3. There is no need for a bureaucratic “asset assessment study” for light rail across I-90. A new study could only serve to delay building light rail across a bridge that has already been studied numerous times.
  4. The region voted overwhelmingly to support this light rail package. The legislature shouldn’t thwart the will of the voters.

STB has details on who to contact to show support for the light rail extension and a handy form letter to help you make the message clear.

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