King County Metro officials have raised bus driver pay dramatically while neglecting some promised service increases. Now, the wages threaten to cut into existing service.
Transit demand should continue to fall through the year, owing to fuel prices and high unemployment. But the demand for new transit taxes, based on last year's rise in usage, will not go away.
Cities vying for Amazon’s HQ2 have promised the company tax breaks, but are they ignoring the side effects of rising housing costs and gentrification that come with a tech boom?