Smarter Transit
@Smarter_Transit
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We're all about investing in transit options that work for everyone in the Puget Sound area around greater Seattle.
Greater Seattle
Joined May 2024
In W Seattle @SoundTransit will uproot the lives of nearly 160 families who depend on the Alki Beach Academy. Listen to co-owner Jordan Crawley — who’s not even sure they’ll survive a move. Sign the petition at https://t.co/CevXzzr6KF to demand accountability. #lightrail
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Look at the facts below -- that came from @SoundTransit's own data. We're not increasing transit ridership or decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. Time to put the brakes on Sound Transit. Go to https://t.co/CevXzzr6KF and sign the petition. #accountabilty #signthepetition
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Think congestion in Greater Seattle is bad now, @SoundTransit predicts an increase of 35% by 2050 -- after spending $148 billion on light rail w/ ridership plummeting since the pandemic Put the brakes on Sound Transit. Go to https://t.co/CevXzzr6KF & sign the petition!
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To make lasting change, you take legislative action. Which we'll do in the WA Legislature. (See our petition below.) @SoundTransit ridership is way down, traffic will still increase by 35%, they're 300% overbudget, & greenhouse gas savings will be tiny. https://t.co/AeIB0uAnEL
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Key things to know about light rail. 1) Ineffective unless built in dense areas. 2) Extremely expensive & inflexible. 3) Light rail = light capacity. @SoundTransit is 3x over budget. There's a better way. Go to https://t.co/CevXzzr6KF
#accountabilty #lightrail #timeforchange
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From Everett to Pierce County, Sound Transit's light rail plans will demolish businesses and greenspaces for little to no gain. Hey, West Seattle! See what's coming and go to https://t.co/CevXzzr6KF to sign the petition for accountability. #signthepetition #westseattle
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Press conference highlighting problems w/ @SoundTransit 3's latest projects. Everett, the Eastside -- and especially West Seattle -- biz will be pushed out, demolished, and likely close forever because they won't be fairly compensated. Time for accountability.#signthepetition
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Press conference in West Seattle showing cost overruns & failures of Sound Transit. West Seattle plan is arguably the worst of ST3, costing $4 billion, greatly affecting the enviro, biz owners, the community -- and offers no benefits. More buses please!! Sign our petition!
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Jefferson Square in West Seattle -- and the apartments above it -- are going to be razed by Sound Transit to create a light rail station. But it's NOT going to create new transit riders nor reduce traffic. Don't want this? Hit the website and sign the petition! #accountability
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Sound Transit's new plans don't make financial sense. Putting light rail into West Seattle for instance. $4 billion for 4 miles that won't create new transit riders or decrease traffic. So why build it? The financial, enviro and biz costs are enormous. Hit our site for more.
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Big changes for West Seattle. @SoundTransit will demolish this green space (w/ a heron colony) for light rail -- on columns 165 feet tall. It will create no new riders nor reduce traffic. Go to our website and sign the petition. #accountability #smartertransit #lightrail
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For Seattle, Tacoma and Everett light rail doesn't work for everyone. Only 3% will use it in 2050. Let's encourage the other 97% to take transit by offering more solutions. (Conrad doesn't own a car and explains why.) Hit our website and sign our petition. #signthepetition
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Live in King, Pierce or Snohomish County? Households pay $149/mo for light rail, -- a tax that never ends. Using Sound Transit’s data, only 3% of all trips will be on these trains by 2050. Meanwhile, the nation’s worse traffic congestion increase was Seattle. Sign our petition.
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West Seattle and Ballard are facing big, disruptive changes from Sound Transit. A light rail line 160 feet tall, shaving off Pigeon Point, green spaces and demolishing key neighborhoods, including Delridge, Avalon, and all of Jefferson Square. No new transit riders, either.
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Only 3% of people are going to use Sound Transit trains in 2050 -- after we spend at least another $148 billion to complete them. Meanwhile, congestion like this is going to increase by 35% by 2050. There's a better way. Hit our link and sign the petition. #acountability
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West Seattle will get Pigeon Point shaved off by Sound Transit, as well as demolishing key chunks of Delridge, Avalon and The Junction. Result? No new ridership gains at a cost of $4 billion. Check our website for a better way. #betterway #smartertransit #westseattle #lightrail
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West Seattle and Ballard have some big, negative changes coming -- w/ traffic getting snarled for years. If nothing is done, we'll say goodbye to chunks of classic neighborhoods. #westseattle #ballard #smartertransit #betterway #soundtransit #lightrail
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Most households in King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties are paying $149/month to build Sound Transit. But it's a tax that never ends and most people will never use the service. There's a better way. Learn more at https://t.co/5ieB39cnlj
#smartertransit #bettertransit
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