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TRANSIT COALITION
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Transit challenges from group representatives. Open floor find additional challenges. Transit solutions from group representatives. Open floor find additional solutions. Discuss long term goals, and what form the West Seattle
Bus service keeps getting cut back but populations keep growing.
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2009-2012
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Seattle population overall: +8% a decade. Overall on pace for a +14% to +17% jump from 2010-2020.
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Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one wishes to discuss.
- George Orwell
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Some givens.
Transit money to King County Metro appears unsustainable.
In the ongoing political climate (Olympia, Eyman, etc.) Without constant ongoing voter approval. History over the past 15 years.
The Viaduct has to come down. The Tunnel is being built. People are not going to stop coming to live in Seattle.
National news list us among the fastest growing cities in America. We are a leader in lowest national unemployment rates. We are a center of technology, biomedical, and other industries. Seattle = destination. People come here for jobs, culture, scenery. No decrease or deceleration in growth since the 1970s.
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What do we do now?
- West Seattle Transit Coalition
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Reports to neighborhood groups and West Seattle District Councils. Does not answer to any one group or neighborhood. Pursue long term solutions for the ALL of West Seattle.
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Reports to neighborhood groups and West Seattle District Councils. Does not answer to any one group or neighborhood. Pursue long term solutions for the ALL of West Seattle.
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