A funding bill will come before lawmakers in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, there might be a thawing of the chilly relations between advocates of rails vs. bike trails.
Gov. Gregoire's sweeping reform proposal never went anywhere, but it did spur other bills. Efforts to fund the flagging system ran afoul of Republican opposition. A long-term solution proved impossible.
Mechanical problems, low ridership, money woes, and scant coordination among water and land transit systems: What else can go wrong? And what's the best route to calmer waters?
A new bipartisan proposal would focus on trimming costs instead of creating a regional taxing district. And this may come as a surprise: Even some passengers say routes could be trimmed.
Freight trains are better for the environment than big trucks that haul goods, so why are so many groups opposed to shipping freight along a track into Redmond?
