bikeseattle.org

Time to get out and vote. One of the bigger ticket items (bicycle related) on this November’s ballot is Proposition No. 1

To reduce transportation congestion, increase road and transit capacity, promote safety, facilitate mobility, provide for an integrated regional transportation system, and improve the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Washington, shall Sound Transit (a regional transit authority) implement a regional rail and transit system linking Lynnwood, Shoreline, Northgate, Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, SeaTac airport, Kent, Federal Way and Tacoma as described in the Sound Transit 2 plan,

The Roads & Transit package integrates the Sound Transit 2 plan for transit investments and RTID’s Blueprint for Progress, which details investments in state highways, bridges and local roads in three counties.

Purposes of the Roads & Transit Plan

• Prepare for the projected 1.2 million additional people who will be living and working in the region by 2030
• Move more people faster through the region’s most congested corridors
• Meet the public’s call for an improved and well-maintained road system as well as a fast and reliable mass transit system
• Connect many of the region’s population and employment hubs with light rail, transit and improved highways
• Provide more transportation choices

(taken from RTID.org)

For reference, here is what the Bicycle Alliance of Washington and Cascade Bicycle Club have to say about it.

update: More local opinions

• Seattle Transit blog
• The Stranger
• Metroblogging in Seattle