Op-Ed: It's Time to Reform Sound Transit
By Robert Cruickshank
Clear majorities of Puget Sound residents voted in 2016 to approve Sound Transit 3 (ST3), a major expansion of our region’s mass transit system. Ten years later, very little progress has been made in getting those projects ready for construction.
Last week, the Sound Transit Board of Directors approved a plan to further delay some of those projects, some of which might not open until the 2050s or later.
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That is why I filed an initiative to scrap the current Sound Transit board.
IL27-123, also known as The Effective and Responsive Transit Board Reform Act, is an initiative to the state legislature that would create a hybrid board, whose members would consist of:
Eleven board members directly elected, one from each of eleven districts;
The secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), who would remain a member of the board; and
Seven board members who are appointed by the elected board members and the WSDOT secretary for their technical expertise.
https://www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-its-time-to-reform-sound-transit/
Not sure if this would be a solution or not.
This guy is bothered mainly by the delay of the Ballard Link. While the frustration is understandable the reality is it's the most expensive part of ST3. I don't think a new board will make less so.