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John Niles and Emory Bundy Presentation

on Transit Cost and Performance

to a Meeting of Seattle Neighborhood Coalition

August 13, 2011

Summary of the presentation coming soon, prepared by Kent Kammerer from his notes

Handouts from the meeting (marked **) and other reference material referred to (click to view or download)

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How Transit Ridership and Costs have grown, 1993-2009 by John Niles, March 2011 (graphic chart in view).

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Cost per hour of King County Metro compared to other transit agencies, as reported by Federal Transit Administration for 2009 and compiled by the transit agency in Salt Lake City, (1 page pdf)

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King County Metro's own performance measurement reporting web pages (link to Metro's web)

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King County handout at press conference on August 12 announcing the $20 annual Congestion Reduction Charge to boost Metro's revenue (7 page pdf)

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Passenger miles per gallon of diesel fuel on the various King County Metro bus routes, plus a view of car vs bus energy efficiency in USA (2 page pdf)

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**One page chart showing what the transit market share in the Puget Sound region has been, and changes in how it has been forecast to grow (1 page pdf)

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**"Roads versus Transit Tax and Spending in the Puget Sound Region" by James W. MacIsaac, P.E. April 2010 (6 page pdf)

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"Why Rail" by Emory Bundy, in Open Spaces magazine, 2000. (external link to the article, full text)

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John Niles' presentation on light rail ridership to the elected leadership at the Puget Sound Regional Council General Assembly on May 26, 2011  (two page pdf speech text).

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John Niles' web page tracking of Seattle light rail ridership month by month since opening in July 2009. (Web page updated monthly)

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Sound Transit's rail program, promise and performance, then and now (1 page chart in pdf)

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