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>> John
Niles’ testimony to Sound Transit Board Dec. 20, 2012 on the illegality of
the Sounder Northline commuter train
>> Viral
YouTube video (2 minutes) of Dec. 17, 2012 landslide derailing a freight
train on the BNSF railroad tracks used by the Sounder Northline
commuter train
>> John
Niles' testimony to Sound Transit Board - March 22, 2012
>> CETA's Letter to
Transportation Secretary LaHood on EastLink -
August 22, 2011
>> John
Niles' testimony to PSRC - May 26, 2011
>> John
Niles' testimony to PSRC - May 20, 2010
>> Metro
cuts loom as light rail is launched - July 15, 2009
>> CETA
comments on East Link DEIS - February 25, 2009
>> Bus
vs. light rail: Which is your ticket to ride?, Seattle Times - October
29, 2008
>>
Editorial Opposing Proposition 1, Issaquah Press - October 14, 2008
>> Huge
commitment to light rail is premature, editorial, Everett Herald -
October 14, 2008
>> Seattle
Times editorial page recommends "No" vote on Sound Transit's
Proposition 1 - September 26, 2008
>> Washington
Policy Center's Guide to Sound Transit, Phase 2 - September
2008
>> John Niles'
Testimony to the Puget Sound Regional Council - July
24, 2008
>>
Light rail can wait - July 20, 2008
>> Transit
Train Wreck: The Case Against More Light Rail, Doug MacDonald, commentary,
Crosscut.com - June 22, 2008
>> Getting light
rail to Eastside: major issues still unresolved - June 19, 2008
>> Pull
over and consider this: The traffic could get even worse - March 5,
2008
>> A
look at life after Proposition One's demise - December 26, 2007
>> Roads and
Transit Regional Proposition 1 Authorizing One-Half Cent New Sales Tax to
Build 50 More Miles of Light Rail Is Rejected by 56 Percent of Voterss - Results of November 6, 2007 Election
>> No
on Proposition 1: wrong plan, wrong tax, editorial, Seattle Times -
November 1, 2007
>> The
roads-and-transit plan: so much cost to do so little, Ron Sims, op-ed,
Seattle Times - September 27, 2007
>> Letter to
Puget Sound Regional Council about the Vision 2040 plan. - September 7,
2007
>> Federal
Report Shows Initial Segment May Not Open by July 2009 Target Date -
Report published May 2007
>> OCTA
approves Rapid buses, David Reyes, Los Angeles Times - June 12, 2007
>> Transportation
measure needs revision, Ted Van Dyk, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer - June 6, 2007
>> Light-rail
debt a 50-year ride, Mike Lindblom, Seattle Times
- June 4, 2007
>> Results
of KING-TV-sponsored poll on transportation - May 31, 2007
>> Not
a good ride from Sound Transit, editorial, Seattle Times - April 19,
2007
>> Is
transportation plan 'doomed to failure,' Andrew Garber & Mike Lindblom, Seattle Times - April 19, 2007
>> Sound
Transit needs the benefit of a doubter, Joel Connelly, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer - April 10, 2007
>>Find out more about the tolling study
presented to Washington State Transportation Commission in September 2006
>> Every
ride on Sounder North costs taxpayers $273.44 Cost per ride analysis
and charts by Jim MacIsaac - June 2005
>> BRT in Metro Puget
Sound, Donald F. Padelford, May 25, 2005
>> Seattle
Times Editorial: To the Eastside, by bus, May 23, 2005
>> CETA Report Card for
Sound Transit, April 2005.
>> CETA's
Input to FTA on New Starts Rating and Evaluation, March 31, 2005
>> Sound
Transit and its Citizen Oversight Panel, Emory Bundy, March 16, 2005
>> CETA's Call
for Independent Audit of Sound Transit, September 6, 2000
>> How Sound Transit
Abused the Planning Process to Promote Light Rail
>> CETA's
Report to Congress - See also summary version
and press release.
>> Summary of CETA's
Position
>> See our proposed Consensus Package
of regional alternatives to light rail
>> Please let us know if you support
this mission
>> Houston's
light rail making a real "dent" in city's car traffic - Averages
six crashes a month Ñ a rate 20 times worse than the average for the
nation's 17 light-rail systems. - Associated Press, August 11, 2004
>> Houston
MetroRail's crash rate 25 times U.S. average
Houston Chronicle, April 23, 2004
>> Metro Magazine's BRT 25 and list of
international projects Metro Magazine, April 2004
>> Train
drain: Why transit users should oppose light-rail expansion Cascade
Policy Institue, July 2000
>> Top
Ten Light Rail Myths Cascade Policy Institue,
April 1998
>> Rail Transit Reduces Urban Livability - Center for the
American Dream Issue Paper Summary
and Full Report- February 2004
>> As MAX
service opens on the city's doorstep, Vancouver considers other
transportation options, including 'bus rapid transit' - The Columbian,
April 25, 2004
>> Transit
on fast track to nowhere - Danny Westneat,
Seattle Times staff columnist, April 2, 2004
>> Problems
hit stretch of Sounder rail line - Seattle PI, March 22, 2004
>> Sound
Transit's bait and switch will do long-term harm - Maggie Fimia op-ed,
Tacoma News-Tribune, March 18, 2004
>> Light rail elsewhere: In
Delaware River Towns of South Jersey, a Light Rail, With the Emphasis on
Light - New York Times, March 13, 2004
>> Supreme Court rules against Sane Transit case - March 6,
2004
CETA response to
Supreme Court Decision on Sound Transit
Seattle
PI Editorial Board: Court's Message Is Voters Beware
Seattle
Times Editorial Board: By 6-3, Court Opens The Door To Mischief
Letters to the Editor
>> CETA's
Comments on North Link SEIS - January 30, 2004
>> Jim MacIsaac's comments on North Link DEIS - January
30, 2004
>> Latest news on
light rail Federal funding and the I-776 controversy - Public Interest
Transportation Forum
>> Rep.
Istook letter to FTA chief Dorn conditionally approving ST funding -
October. 23, 2003
>> News
coverage of Salt Lake City's fifth at-grade light rail accident this year.
- October 10, 2003
>> With or Without
I-776, Seattle Light Rail Financing is Shaky, Threatening All Parts of the
Puget Sound Region - By John Niles and the CETA Technical Team, October
7, 2003
>> Op-eds for and against light rail in Seattle Times
New
breed of buses better than light rail - By John Niles and Rich Harkness
Success
in Tacoma proves value of light rail - By John Ladenburg, Kevin Phelps,
Claudia Thomas and Dave Enslow
>> CETA Technical
Team's list of problems outstanding with the Link Initial Segment Full
Funding Grant Agreement between Sound Transit and the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA). FTA has put this agreement on an indefinite hold
because of Congressional concerns about local funding if I-776 were to be
upheld by the State Supreme Court. - September 16, 2003
>> Emory
Bundy's February 2003 report on Sound Transit Testimony to the Senate
Transportation Committee - February 5, 2003
>> White
Paper comparing Link light rail versus Bus Rapid Transit trunk (main) line
capacity - Richard Harkness, PhD, March 11, 2003
Click to view 12-Lane Myth chart.
>> The 12-Lane Myth -
Jim MacIsaac debunks one of the greatest mistruths that continues
to be repeated by Sound Transit supporters ... that light rail will carry
as many people as I-5. In fact, I-5 today serves nearly 8 times the number
of boardings that Central Link is estimated to serve by 2020. - March 13,
2003
>> Jim MacIsaac
report on Central Link Costs and Funding of Extension to the U-District
- March 16, 2003
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We can go faster, further, sooner and safer by building on what works
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>>Read more about better
alternatives to light rail
What's wrong
with
Link light rail
Light rail is not only overpriced, it won't help congestion and doesn't
give us new options or capacity.
>> Read about these and other
problems with Link light rail
High-Level
Opposition
>> Twenty-six
officials ask Senator Murray to shift light rail funds to other transit
projects - Oct. 31, 2002
>> Downtown
Seattle Association does not support the Sound Transit light rail
plan" - Letter to Ron Sims, December 5, 2002
>> Sims
should pull the plug on 'lite'-rail project - Gov. Booth Gardner
op-ed, November 14, 2002
>> Sound Transit
does too little for the money spent - Letter to the PI by
Normandy Park City Councilmember Guy S. Spencer
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