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Originally Posted by Shek
I thought Puget Sound had a poor public transit system. Too many tax initiatives killed resulting in little to no light rail/subway. I used to laugh just as you observe when they would complain about lack of this or that and then go vote down any and every tax increase.
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I am not an expert in how things happen, public transit wise in other cities, but the Puget Sound Area seems to be doing not too bad. It is, of course, not NYC or Chicago, but there does seem to be a failry reliable bus transit system.
The main area, King County (Seattle/ Redmond/ Bellevue) is served by 2 bus companies; while other adjacent counties have bus services into Seattle downtown. For those who complain that they do not live on bus routes, there is actually a fairly decent sprinkling of Park & Ride facilities. There is also a commuter rail system, serving north and south bound commuters from Seattle downtown. On top of that, Microsoft has started a bus service for its employees, so there realy are a lot of options here.
You are right about the lack of Light Rail/ subway though; they are trying to do something about that but have not made any progress so far.