It is most unfortunate that most people will see public transportation as a bad thing in America because of the decades of propaganda the average person has been fed about car-centric design. I, and many, many, many others, have been using transit for years. I ask that any skeptics to try transit for at least a week. It isn't as "dangerous" as people put it out to be. If anything, it is far more dangerous to encounter road rage and being the victim of such, but no one talks about that because it is seen as a "necessary evil." It's a shame that people do not see it, but I do hope people come around to see the benefits to all of having said public transportation.
I actually like mass transit. The bus system in Puget Sound used to be excellent. It served people. Money for buses got diverted to Sound Transit's fixed rail system, which takes years to build, costs tens of billions of dollars, and is fraught with problems and cost overruns.
@@joym8047 not true. Funding for buses has not in any way been diverted to Link. Each agency is fully responsible for their funding. If you want to keep ANYTHING funded, vote no on I-2117 on the ballot. If it passes, the Climate Commitment Act will no longer be able to send money to transit agencies and kids will no longer be able to ride for free.
I LOVE mass transit when it's well thought out. When I lived in NJ I didn't own a car. I've had the pleasure of working in Europe quite a bit and used it there exclusively when in populated areas. What WA did was pass a $54 BILLION dollar tax on CARS, paid for largely by people who aren't anywhere near the lines, SIXTEEN YEARS AGO. They also use a completely ridiculous method of computing that tax, depreciation instead of actual value. The first year it hit we had a Ford CMax plug in hybrid. The sticker price was something like $38k, but it was a few years old and value had plummeted, as they do with all plug in hybrids. We got a tax bill based on $32k for a car with a blue book RETAIL value of $19k. So, don't need a car? Pay no tax. Need a car, pay for other people's transportation.
Seattle is doing great with clean trains and nice stations and the TOD along the line is also doing great but there are a few caveats. Despite being 9t percent grade separated the 5% at grade causes slowdowns so grade separating that would be grade. Safety is another issue and some poor planning in future projects like now planning a proper downtown multimodal station etc might cost Soundlink a good chunk of riders. But we take what we can get. The expansion is nice to see.
Correction: King County and Snohomish County (barely) approved it 16 years ago. Pierce County voters did NOT approve it, but we have been paying for it this whole time anyway.
Should’ve approved it. Pierce county does things so backwards. My community here is paying “fees” to prevent low income housing leading to even higher housing costs but we’ll eventually be forced to get low income housing. People in pierce county don’t know what they want.
@@kevinmanan1304 perhaps you misunderstand. The three counties voted, but it was a single initiative. Even when it's done it will only go a few miles into Pierce County, and that's not for another decade, so we voted against it. Since it passed overall we've been paying hundreds of dollars per year on our jacked up vehicle values for 15 years so others can use it. So far my family has paid about $10,000 in additional taxes, and it the closest stop will be almost an hour away even when it's done.
@@kmug321 same here. I’m currently paying for it and the closest stop is an hour away. We should’ve just accepted it and extend it further in Pierce county instead of paying and receiving nothing.
@@kevinmanan1304 it was never meant to go past the Tacoma Dome. It wasn't like "it didn't pass in Pierce so we're stopping it in Tacoma", it was "It passed overall so we're building it from the Tacoma Dome to Everett". We had nothing more to accept.
@@kmug321 was hoping it would go further east. Doesn’t need to go much farther east but to sumner would at least allow more people who pay into it to be able to use it.
Take the bus. So you seriously expect the train to take you right into your office building lol? Even if you take a cab from the nearest station it’s cheaper than taking a cab from home.
@@janetceniza8091 ahh yess the train and bus are full of needles and demonized druggies lol. Have you even ridden the system? There might be one or two on occasion. I spent 3 months riding the system everyday last year. Never felt unsafe. It’s actually even clearer and safer than Portland. And the best part is that more people in ouvlic transit, the safer it gets. It’s okay tho. You do you. Just don’t discourage something that benefits a lot of people in need.
What happens when you arrive at your destination asked the bungling child? Well, Just hop on a wheelchair and have your friends push you to your office silly girl!!!😂😂😂
I love seeing all the money being spent on washingtons public transportation then driving by a double decker bus that cuts me off in traffic because they get their own special merging lanes and theres 2 people who are on state assistance riding the bus..
@@realquadmoo the freeway entrance lanes pinch off so the bus can cut you off on purpose. The idea being theres 50 people riding the bus so they get priority. I get that. But you got 2 riders. That aint priority.
@@jpmor7327 you are lying. You were not able to accurately judge the amount of riders from your oversized truck nor were you able to assess their financial aid status.
Speak of yourself shady people 😂😂😂 negative people like you, should start packing your belongings and head down south better yet move to a different country 😂😂😂😂
0:48 Poor guy. I'm sure the reporter didn't expect that answer, haha
It is most unfortunate that most people will see public transportation as a bad thing in America because of the decades of propaganda the average person has been fed about car-centric design.
I, and many, many, many others, have been using transit for years.
I ask that any skeptics to try transit for at least a week. It isn't as "dangerous" as people put it out to be. If anything, it is far more dangerous to encounter road rage and being the victim of such, but no one talks about that because it is seen as a "necessary evil."
It's a shame that people do not see it, but I do hope people come around to see the benefits to all of having said public transportation.
If only they could experience living in a place with clean, reliable, safe, and frequent transit; which sadly is non-existent in many parts of the US.
@@CharlieNDwe have to fight for that. Getting rid of transit in favor of terribly inefficient cars is never going to get us there
I actually like mass transit. The bus system in Puget Sound used to be excellent. It served people. Money for buses got diverted to Sound Transit's fixed rail system, which takes years to build, costs tens of billions of dollars, and is fraught with problems and cost overruns.
@@joym8047 not true. Funding for buses has not in any way been diverted to Link. Each agency is fully responsible for their funding. If you want to keep ANYTHING funded, vote no on I-2117 on the ballot. If it passes, the Climate Commitment Act will no longer be able to send money to transit agencies and kids will no longer be able to ride for free.
I LOVE mass transit when it's well thought out. When I lived in NJ I didn't own a car. I've had the pleasure of working in Europe quite a bit and used it there exclusively when in populated areas.
What WA did was pass a $54 BILLION dollar tax on CARS, paid for largely by people who aren't anywhere near the lines, SIXTEEN YEARS AGO. They also use a completely ridiculous method of computing that tax, depreciation instead of actual value. The first year it hit we had a Ford CMax plug in hybrid. The sticker price was something like $38k, but it was a few years old and value had plummeted, as they do with all plug in hybrids. We got a tax bill based on $32k for a car with a blue book RETAIL value of $19k. So, don't need a car? Pay no tax. Need a car, pay for other people's transportation.
Seattle is doing great with clean trains and nice stations and the TOD along the line is also doing great but there are a few caveats. Despite being 9t percent grade separated the 5% at grade causes slowdowns so grade separating that would be grade. Safety is another issue and some poor planning in future projects like now planning a proper downtown multimodal station etc might cost Soundlink a good chunk of riders. But we take what we can get. The expansion is nice to see.
Correction: King County and Snohomish County (barely) approved it 16 years ago. Pierce County voters did NOT approve it, but we have been paying for it this whole time anyway.
Should’ve approved it. Pierce county does things so backwards. My community here is paying “fees” to prevent low income housing leading to even higher housing costs but we’ll eventually be forced to get low income housing. People in pierce county don’t know what they want.
@@kevinmanan1304 perhaps you misunderstand. The three counties voted, but it was a single initiative. Even when it's done it will only go a few miles into Pierce County, and that's not for another decade, so we voted against it.
Since it passed overall we've been paying hundreds of dollars per year on our jacked up vehicle values for 15 years so others can use it. So far my family has paid about $10,000 in additional taxes, and it the closest stop will be almost an hour away even when it's done.
@@kmug321 same here. I’m currently paying for it and the closest stop is an hour away. We should’ve just accepted it and extend it further in Pierce county instead of paying and receiving nothing.
@@kevinmanan1304 it was never meant to go past the Tacoma Dome. It wasn't like "it didn't pass in Pierce so we're stopping it in Tacoma", it was "It passed overall so we're building it from the Tacoma Dome to Everett". We had nothing more to accept.
@@kmug321 was hoping it would go further east. Doesn’t need to go much farther east but to sumner would at least allow more people who pay into it to be able to use it.
What happens when you arrive at your destination - find a taxi to get to your office or where ever you were intending to go? Not for me.
Take the bus. So you seriously expect the train to take you right into your office building lol? Even if you take a cab from the nearest station it’s cheaper than taking a cab from home.
@@portcybertryx222 I don't ever expect a train to take me anywhere, also NOT riding a bus with all the druggies onboard, you enjoy the ride.
@@janetceniza8091 ahh yess the train and bus are full of needles and demonized druggies lol. Have you even ridden the system? There might be one or two on occasion. I spent 3 months riding the system everyday last year. Never felt unsafe. It’s actually even clearer and safer than Portland. And the best part is that more people in ouvlic transit, the safer it gets. It’s okay tho. You do you. Just don’t discourage something that benefits a lot of people in need.
What happens when you arrive at your destination asked the bungling child? Well, Just hop on a wheelchair and have your friends push you to your office silly girl!!!😂😂😂
@@janetceniza8091The bus is mostly sleepy students and middle class workers
I love seeing all the money being spent on washingtons public transportation then driving by a double decker bus that cuts me off in traffic because they get their own special merging lanes and theres 2 people who are on state assistance riding the bus..
The buses get their own merging lane so it didn’t cut you off what are you doing in the bus lane
@@realquadmoo the freeway entrance lanes pinch off so the bus can cut you off on purpose. The idea being theres 50 people riding the bus so they get priority. I get that. But you got 2 riders. That aint priority.
@@jpmor7327 you are lying. You were not able to accurately judge the amount of riders from your oversized truck nor were you able to assess their financial aid status.
@@realquadmoo im hitting atleast on a 90% success rate my zer.. gua ran effin teed.
@@jpmor7327 alright let’s get you to bed
Waste of money - one good quake that systems toast. And how green is it not really. Grid goes out your walking off that prison.
Okay well Japan had earthquakes and even worse than we do I don’t see your point. Is road infrastructure not damaged too when there’s an earthquake?
I have seen more shady people in East Bellevue now. It is just starting
Are you actually implying there's a correlation between "shady people" and transit riders 💀
Oh what, you mean people who can’t afford a car? You rich a-holes see everyone who can’t live the way you do as shady
Speak of yourself shady people 😂😂😂 negative people like you, should start packing your belongings and head down south better yet move to a different country 😂😂😂😂
Where are they supposed to be coming from???