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Halleluiah! The FEDs get it—now it's our turn. In a monumental about-face of HUGE import, on January 13 the Federal Transit Administration removed its blinders and admitted that "getting there" is only part of the equation when it comes to evaluating proposed transit projects for financial assistance under FTA's New Starts and Small Starts programs. Check out our editorial.
Yet another success story. This article in the Salt Lake Tribune describes yet again another angst-to-ecstacy story about light rail—the public resistance, the public acceptance, the public clamor for more light rail. The article's accompanying blog is very, very interesting and telling. Great summary of light rail rationale. The Salt Lake Valley TRAX is about 10 years old, and is in the middle of a ten-fold system expansion. It has "Spokane region" written all over it. When is Spokane going to step up to the plate?
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Halleluiah! The FEDs get it—now it's our turn. In a monumental about-face of HUGE import, on January 13 the Federal Transit Administration removed its blinders and admitted that "getting there" is only part of the equation when it comes to evaluating proposed transit projects for financial assistance under FTA's New Starts and Small Starts programs. Check out our editorial.
Yet another success story. This article in the Salt Lake Tribune describes yet again another angst-to-ecstacy story about light rail—the public resistance, the public acceptance, the public clamor for more light rail. The article's accompanying blog is very, very interesting and telling. Great summary of light rail rationale. The Salt Lake Valley TRAX is about 10 years old, and is in the middle of a ten-fold system expansion. It has "Spokane region" written all over it. When is Spokane going to step up to the plate?
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InlandRail is a non-profit*, non-partisan citizens' group dedicated to
advocating for rail transit as part of a more balanced transportation network for the Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho region, promoting sustainable growth, economic vitality, affordable citizen mobility, and
increased community character.
InlandRail believes:
- A truly robust regional transportation system is comprised of many elements: local transit/circulation/feeder service (bus/ streetcar/ vanpool/ others); sub-regional transit service (express bus/bus rapid transit); and regional transit service (light rail transit).
- Transit-oriented development is an economic development phenomenon numerous studies have shown to associate with fixed rail-based transit systems in a synergistic, beneficial manner related in some way to the predictability and "mystique" of rail travel.
- The ballot measures sponsored by Spokane Transit Authority (STA) in 2006 were very confusing. Notably, despite limited time for public outreach, the final vote was surprisingly close, each of the two measures failing by only a few percentage points. Nonetheless, STA views the vote as a mandate for no additional action at this time.
- Considering the severely time-constrained educational campaign preceding the 2006 vote, the unfavorable but extremely close voting margin belies a regional readiness to continue planning for a future light rail system.
*To preserve all advocacy options, InlandRail is not registered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
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