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And it will probably be the last transit investment in this county for generations and I have a strong expectation that the money suck will cause on the state budget will lead to our county being short changed on transportation budget in the future. All for what? A massive and ugly tower built by a Private Equity firm and a Ritz Carleton residences?

Hey, you're not the guy who built his shed on public property, are you? Or the one who sued about the endangered amphipods that even the TOCC's hired amphipod expert was unable to find? Or maybe you belong to the country club whose golf course occupies public property?

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

The issue was that it was going to cost a huge amount of money to build the Purple Line, and the projections were that very few people were going to use it, and this was pre-pandemic. Like few enough that just putting a few buses would be cheaper and less impactful to the environment. But politicians like construction and contracts so we have the current situation.

The decisions in THREE lawsuits contradict your assertion.

You believe the outcome of the lawsuits was to find that the economic and ridership projections were favorable over other alternatives? You need to go and read up about Administrative Law and agency deference moron.

Shrug. The Purple Line is getting built. That's what matters.

And it will probably be the last transit investment in this county for generations and I have a strong expectation that the money suck will cause on the state budget will lead to our county being short changed on transportation budget in the future. All for what? A massive and ugly tower built by a Private Equity firm and a Ritz Carleton residences?

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Ok, let's see how many people actually use the purple line once it opens in 2027 if it actually gets finished by then. I predict that you could have rented ubers for cheaper once you see the per person cost of using the Purple Line.

I've never understood how some people could be so convinced that nobody will ride the Purple Line.

Because the states own data said that very few people would? Are we supposed to instead rely on our imaginations?

The state's own data did no such thing.

https://wamu.org/story/17/08/28/everything-need-know-purple-line/

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Ok, let's see how many people actually use the purple line once it opens in 2027 if it actually gets finished by then. I predict that you could have rented ubers for cheaper once you see the per person cost of using the Purple Line.

I've never understood how some people could be so convinced that nobody will ride the Purple Line.

Because the states own data said that very few people would? Are we supposed to instead rely on our imaginations?

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Ok, let's see how many people actually use the purple line once it opens in 2027 if it actually gets finished by then. I predict that you could have rented ubers for cheaper once you see the per person cost of using the Purple Line.

I've never understood how some people could be so convinced that nobody will ride the Purple Line.

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

The issue was that it was going to cost a huge amount of money to build the Purple Line, and the projections were that very few people were going to use it, and this was pre-pandemic. Like few enough that just putting a few buses would be cheaper and less impactful to the environment. But politicians like construction and contracts so we have the current situation.

The decisions in THREE lawsuits contradict your assertion.

You believe the outcome of the lawsuits was to find that the economic and ridership projections were favorable over other alternatives? You need to go and read up about Administrative Law and agency deference moron.

Shrug. The Purple Line is getting built. That's what matters.

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

The issue was that it was going to cost a huge amount of money to build the Purple Line, and the projections were that very few people were going to use it, and this was pre-pandemic. Like few enough that just putting a few buses would be cheaper and less impactful to the environment. But politicians like construction and contracts so we have the current situation.

The decisions in THREE lawsuits contradict your assertion.

You believe the outcome of the lawsuits was to find that the economic and ridership projections were favorable over other alternatives? You need to go and read up about Administrative Law and agency deference moron.

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

The issue was that it was going to cost a huge amount of money to build the Purple Line, and the projections were that very few people were going to use it, and this was pre-pandemic. Like few enough that just putting a few buses would be cheaper and less impactful to the environment. But politicians like construction and contracts so we have the current situation.

The decisions in THREE lawsuits contradict your assertion.

And the decision of the voters who canned the Governor who supported buses.

In what election in your fevered mind was the Purple Line an election issue?

I’m presuming that you’re referring to Ehrlich? If you think your dumb transit project was the reason that he lost, I’m just not sure what planet you live on.

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

The issue was that it was going to cost a huge amount of money to build the Purple Line, and the projections were that very few people were going to use it, and this was pre-pandemic. Like few enough that just putting a few buses would be cheaper and less impactful to the environment. But politicians like construction and contracts so we have the current situation.

The decisions in THREE lawsuits contradict your assertion.

And the decision of the voters who canned the Governor who supported buses.

Ok, let's see how many people actually use the purple line once it opens in 2027 if it actually gets finished by then. I predict that you could have rented ubers for cheaper once you see the per person cost of using the Purple Line.

This is exactly right. The economics of it never made sense. But once it was viewed as a developer profit mechanism, it all made a lot more sense. That’s why Hogan, a developer himself, approved it while cancelling the red line in Baltimore.

This thing is going to a terrible scandal once all is said and done but fortunately/unfortunately all of those most responsible will be long gone before then.

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

The issue was that it was going to cost a huge amount of money to build the Purple Line, and the projections were that very few people were going to use it, and this was pre-pandemic. Like few enough that just putting a few buses would be cheaper and less impactful to the environment. But politicians like construction and contracts so we have the current situation.

The decisions in THREE lawsuits contradict your assertion.

And the decision of the voters who canned the Governor who supported buses.

Ok, let's see how many people actually use the purple line once it opens in 2027 if it actually gets finished by then. I predict that you could have rented ubers for cheaper once you see the per person cost of using the Purple Line.

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

The issue was that it was going to cost a huge amount of money to build the Purple Line, and the projections were that very few people were going to use it, and this was pre-pandemic. Like few enough that just putting a few buses would be cheaper and less impactful to the environment. But politicians like construction and contracts so we have the current situation.

The decisions in THREE lawsuits contradict your assertion.

And the decision of the voters who canned the Governor who supported buses.

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

The issue was that it was going to cost a huge amount of money to build the Purple Line, and the projections were that very few people were going to use it, and this was pre-pandemic. Like few enough that just putting a few buses would be cheaper and less impactful to the environment. But politicians like construction and contracts so we have the current situation.

The decisions in THREE lawsuits contradict your assertion.

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

The issue was that it was going to cost a huge amount of money to build the Purple Line, and the projections were that very few people were going to use it, and this was pre-pandemic. Like few enough that just putting a few buses would be cheaper and less impactful to the environment. But politicians like construction and contracts so we have the current situation.

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Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

Have you not read the news? It’s not going forward. There is not defined completion date. It’s a white elephant. An albatross. An absolute joke of a waste of money.

PP is denying actual current reality.

Anonymous wrote:It was cringeworthy watching members of the nimby CC groups being interviewed on stopping the Purple Line. Glad it’s going forward!

Have you not read the news? It’s not going forward. There is not defined completion date. It’s a white elephant. An albatross. An absolute joke of a waste of money.