Are you looking for a fun weekend activity? The Washington State Transportation Commission has an online survey about transportation issues in your local area and across the State. It is your chance to let state transportation policymakers know what is most important to you.
The Washington State Transportation Commission has an online survey about transportation issues in your local area and across the State. It is your chance to let state transportation policymakers know what is most important to you.
Here is the link: http://voiceofwashingtonsurvey.org/
The survey allows you to grade the current transportation system in the state, locally and regionally. It offers many opportunities to comment what you think is most important for the state’s transportation system. It allows you to assign percentages to different objectives, such as expanding transportation choices versus expanding capacity.
The survey is pretty lengthy, please allow yourself plenty of time to tell state decision makers what is important to you.
Joanna Cullen says:
Nov 12, 2011 07:56 PM
Save the #2 riders. We need access to light rail, the retail core, Seattle Center, Town Hall, Horizon House and Broadway services as much as anyone else. Our destination is seldom the ferries We are not slackers; we ride the bus. The business district at 21st and 23rd and Union deserve service. This is atrocious. The new plans that force more transfers are not better for most riders. At every transfer point there is more chance for the Middle School student to loose things, or have other safety problems. This is true for all of us, but especially for any vulnerable population. At every transfer point all of us are more vulnerable to crime and accidents. Plus any efficiency for me would be ruined by more time walking. Some already say, Joanna, “You should be more careful walking after dark (now after 4:00 PM , I guess). Now Metro says well an extra 5 blocks to and from the bus is nothing or me to concern myself with. I have been a long time supporter of Metro and testified and wrote letters for the $20.00 car tabs. Many of us ride the #2. It is a well used route as is. The ridership is very good. Not only are the coaches full to very full, it serves a large number of different individuals since there are so many different destinations along the route. One group of people boarding and exiting the bus along Madison between 12th Avenue and the ferries will receive more service, at a great cost to all other riders under this proposal. It does not respect this large group of riders who pay taxes and by their Orca passes like everyone else. This plan for the #2 made it impossible to trust how funds would be used. Therefore, I could not vote for the City of Seattle Transportation District’s request for more. I want to continue to support Metro. The people getting off the ferries to get up the hill do not pay the $20.00 car tab fees that we do.
Any help that we the riders can receive on this will be most welcome.
