Clark County Council members are weighing how far a potential C-TRAN sub-district should extend if voters are asked to fund light rail operations and maintenance
During a recent work session, the Clark County Council heard details from C-TRAN officials about how a voter-approved sub-district could be created to help pay long-term operations and maintenance costs for light rail tied to a new Interstate Bridge. Councilors discussed several possible boundaries — ranging from downtown Vancouver to broader areas that could include urban unincorporated Clark County — as a way to limit who would be asked to pay, given concerns about support outside Vancouver and among smaller cities. This poll asks where, if anywhere, such a sub-district should be drawn.
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A sub-district vote could be a way to go to pay O&M costs associated with light rail
Clark County Council members heard details on how a voter-approved C-TRAN sub-district could be created to fund long-term operations and maintenance costs for light rail...
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Clark County residents are asked where a potential C-TRAN sub-district should be drawn if voters are asked to fund light rail operations and maintenance costs.
Vancouver should not be required or have to pay for Portland’s light rail.
When will the folks who represent us actually start to listen to us? We have said no to light rail about a half dozen times in the past 30 years & still they try to push this boondoggle down our throats.
At some point one has to wonder who is actually paying these folks…
When will the folks who represent us actually start to listen to us? We have said no to light rail about a half dozen times in the past 30 years & still they try to push this boondoggle down our throats.
At some point one has to wonder who is actually paying these folks…
Again I will proclaim that the light rail is another very bad idea. Ridetship is very low. No on light rail, no on saving C tran with expansion. I am sickened everytime I see 2 people on a Ctran bus. Even in Portland the riders I see are few. Who would get on a train with criminals? No on light rail. No on C tran. No, no, no.
As it is, busses run with almost no passengers most of the time. (I don’t often see busses at commute hours as I try to avoid driving during those times.) Transit statistics show very light usage of busses into Portland at this time. (Post COVID, transit usage has dropped significantly.)
I have posted several times that the most logical transit would be for C-Trans to operate buses from Clark County directly to the major Tri-Met Rose Quarter Transit Center where connections to all Tri-Met routes is possible. Indeed, the proposed extension of the Max Yellow Line into Vancouver makes transfer to other Tri-Met lines difficult, at best. (Besides, the Yellow Line travels slowly over shared right-of-way with city streets, guaranteeing poor service to Clark County commuters.
The bottom line is that this Tri-Met “service” into Clark County is simply a money grab to generate more tax revenues to support the financially failing Tri-Met system. The proposed service via the Yellow-Line is a joke.