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ETA Letters,
Articles, and Reports
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ETA Chair Jim Horn's
testimony, Chair-Elect
Dick Paylor's testimony and
supporting information for the Sound Transit Board meeting |
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Updated ETA 2008 Transit Plan Brochure, July 2008 (pdf)
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Seattle
Times Article, "Sims wont take stand on measure for roads and rails
by Mike Lindblom, September 19, 2007 (external link to Seattle
Times Article) |
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Seattle Times Editorial, "Don't believe the hype: Tri-county transit
package is flawed" by Jim MacIsaac, August 2007 (pdf) |
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Tacoma News
Tribune Editorial, "Costly light-rail plan won't ease congestion" by
Jim Horn, August 2007 (pdf) |
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ETA Letter to Sen.
Haugen, Sen. Swecker, Rep. Clibborn and Rep. Jarrett on Regional
Transportation Committee (RTC) Reports, March 2007 (pdf) |
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ETA's transit solution: Bus
Rapid Transit (BRT). Concise brochure describing BRT. (pdf) |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer op-ed on January 4, 2007, "We can
fix congestion problems" by Bill Eager (external link to Seattle P-I) |
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The Seattle Times op-ed on October 24, 2006, "Our region's
growing future demands an eight-lane 520 Bridge" by Jim Horn and Jim
MacIsaac (external link to The Seattle Times)
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Comments on the Washington State
Transportation Plan, September 2006 |
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ETA Letter to
Washington's Governor Christine Gregoire about status of I-90
Floating Bridge, July 12, 2006 (pdf) |
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ETA's testimony to the
Bellevue City Council on light rail across I-90, June 2006 (pdf) |
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ETA Letter
to Washington State Secretary of Transportation MacDonald about use
of the I-90 Floating Bridge Center Roadway, October 12, 2005 (pdf)
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Letters and
Reports by Members
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Jim
Horn's I-90 presentation to Bellevue Downtown Association (BDA)
April 2007 (pdf) |
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"Does Light Rail
Make Sense on I-90?" presented to BDA by Jim Horn, April 2007 (pdf) |
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"Roads & Transit Financial Considerations" presented to BDA by Jim
MacIsaac, April 2007 (pdf) |
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"Should You Care About
I-90" presentation by Jim Horn, February 2007 (pdf) |
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Jim MacIsaac's estimation of
the $38 billion total 20-year cost of the coming "integrated roads
and transit" investment package from Sound Transit and RTID,
February 2007 (pdf). |
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Jim MacIsaac's memo to
Citizen Oversight Panel and Sound Transit Expert Review Panel
covering problematic issues in the Sound Transit Phase 2 Plan,
January 2007 (pdf) |
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Jim
Horn's presentation on National Transportation Trends, October
2006 (pdf) |
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Jim Horn
on Separating Myth from Reality, February 2006 (pdf) |
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Jim Horn's
presentation to Washington State Transportation Commission,
November 2005 (pdf) |
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Rich Harkness report, "How Sound Transit Abused the Planning Process
to Promote Light Rail," January 2005 (external link) |
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Letters and Reports by Other |
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Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
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Congestion Study, November 22, 2006 (external link),
which should have been taken more into account by the
Washington State Transportation Plan. |
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Washington State Transportation Plan, November 2006
(external link), a report that was criticized in draft by
ETA here and in a newspaper op-ed
here. |
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I-90
Center Roadway Study, July 2006 (external link),
which presents computer modeling revealing that adding light
rail to the I-90 Floating Bridge will reduce vehicle
capacity, including cars, trucks, and buses. |
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Interstate-405 Corridor Record of Decision, October
2002 (pdf), which ETA regards as an exemplary model for
specifying a cost-effective alternative. |
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Puget
Sound Regional Council (PSRC)
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Destination 2030 Metropolitan Transportation Plan
(external link), first issued in May 2001 and revised
slightly every year since. |
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Vision 2020 Update Draft EIS (external link), a
report that forecasts the 2040 transportation performance
resulting from full implementation of Destination 2030 under
varying land use density assumptions. Results -
congestion at least doubles from today's levels. |
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U.S.
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
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Speech
in May 2006 (external link) by former DOT Secretary
Norman Mineta with this fine declaration by him:
"Congestion is not a scientific
mystery, nor is it an uncontrollable force. Congestion
results from poor policy choices and a failure to separate
solutions that are effective from those that are not. We
need a new approach, and we need it now." |
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National Strategy
to Reduce Congestion (external link) |
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Federal
Register Notice governing Interstate Highway intersection
addition justifications (external link), stating the
rules under which Sound Transit will seek to substitute dual
light rail tracks and a parallel track maintenance access
road for the two high-capacity HOV lanes now operational on
the I-90 Floating Bridge Center Roadway. |
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