When I first glanced at the Wednesday (10/24) Times
Opinion page headlining “No Way to Run a Commuter Line” I thought they’d
finally decided something had to be done.
Boy was I wrong! Somehow
the Times concluded that the reason for “Sounder ridership not meeting
expectations” was “Sounder North had not met expectations” for reliability with
comments “getting to work cannot be a roll of the dice”
What an absurdity! First of all, anyone whose ride on the
train was cancelled can easily switch over to the ST510 bus that leaves the
same station every 10 to 15 minutes and takes them to 5th and Pine
in less than an hour. Second,
since most of the cancellations are due to mudslides it’s not clear what the
Times is suggesting as a remedy. Surely
any attempt to prevent future blockages would be expensive or they would have
been done long ago.
The editorial touches on the fundamental Sounder problem
that most commuters would rather ride a bus that takes them to near where they
work rather than a train to the King Street Station.
Their solution is “Sound Transit needs to simplify things”. What the hell does that mean? Simplify what?
For years the Times has turned a blind eye to Sound
Transit’s mendacity and incompetence.
The fact they would chose this rationale to finally criticize them
continues their refusal to meet responsible journalism standards.
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