Regarding William S. Karr’s Dec. 18 letter, “Light rail taxes: Build the rail or give back the money”: I believe Mr. Karr’s auto license bill stated RTA not light rail. The RTA or Sound Transit has been and is currently delivering transportation improvements to Snohomish County:
n Sound Transit bus service and park and ride lots.
n Everett Pacific Avenue viaduct, which allows auto and truck traffic to flow from I-5 to the port without waiting for 36 daily BNSF trains. Hardly “a white elephant.”
n Everett Train Station will be a bus connection center as well as an education and training facility. It is going to be a very busy place.
n Sounder commuter trains would be serving this station in February except Initiative 695 killed the state’s $35 million track improvement funding, postponing the start of service.
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