Denise Foster’s views on mass transit in the Puget sound area (“Mass transit isn’t realistic for our area,” Monday) make a very valid point for a large portion of our Western Washington population. Having just driven to work on one of our national holidays – Veteran’s Day (a day off for many workers, including government employees), I noticed a dramatic decrease in traffic and congestion.
Therefore, I propose that all publicly paid employees (medical, fire and police exempt) arrive at their place of employment via public transportation. Governor included! A majority of these people converge on city centers and thus this is a viable proposition for reducing traffic to these destinations.
Did you ever notice that when the boss has to use a broken company vehicle, it gets fixed? And in very short order. Until we force the people with the purse strings to use the system, it will never get fixed or have a reasonable solution.
Mark Miller
Arlington
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