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The real reason Dino Rossi lost

Posted Fri, Dec 5, 2:29 p.m.

I agree the election outcome was largely a result of the country's financial crisis that developed during the campaign. It's a crisis caused by policies endorsed by Rossi, and voters realized this. The Gregoire campaign communicated that point very effectively, and drove it home. So, Rossi lost because voters realized ...

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Sound Transit 2 failure would be a political train wreck

Posted Thu, Oct 16, 4:54 p.m.

Some people keep saying that we should wait until the first Link trains are up and running before we commit any more taxes to building more rail etensions ... as if light rail is new and untested. Light rail has been running for decades in dozens of cities all over ...

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Transit train wreck: Here's how to do buses right

Posted Thu, Jun 26, 11:31 a.m.

BRT - not as good as rail: In many cases the BRT systems Doug touts in his article are temporary solutions on the way to better rail solutions. Take Viva in Toronto, a system Doug puts on a pedestal for BRT implementation. This is from the Viva web link Doug ...

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