Re: “Sound Transit’s light rail initiative doesn’t make the grade” (Oct. 29, Opinion):
I’ve been ready and ready for somebody to come back to the identical conclusion that I’ve, and Charles Prestrud’s op-ed is correct on.
We’re long gone the purpose of diminishing returns on gentle rail. We’ve invested far an excessive amount of for what we’ve gotten and it’ll value us method an excessive amount of to “end” the system. Sound Transit ought to be engaged on delivering on the promise of an built-in regional transit system — not gentle rail. That could be a mode that’s proving to be very value ineffective.
It’s time to cap it off just about the place it’s, ending sections which are inside a couple of months of completion, and use bus fast transit, feeder vans and trip providers to finish the routes which are nonetheless to be applied.
Do you have got any thought what number of rides of all kinds which you could purchase for the $35 billion they now assume it’s going to value to finish the system? They’ve misplaced all value/profit perspective.
Mark Ursino, Sammamish
