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@MarkoLiias
Connecting the Boeing plant to light rail will be an important tool for transitioning tens of thousands of workers from car commutes to transit and multimodal options, I support our Snohomish County board members in their efforts to stick to the voter approved plan.
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Mike Lindblom
@MikeLindblom
Snohomish County leaders reject light rail routes bypassing Paine Field - heraldnet.com/news/snohomish
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Asher
@asher_971
Then do a spur route that can be canceled if Boeing shuts the factory down (likely based on recent trends). Don’t tie up the whole line because of a fantasy that this will induce significant mode shift from an employer who has demonstrated they don’t always stick around.
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The Urbanist
@UrbanistOrg
It’s already connected to high capacity transit and express services and people are voting with their feet that they drive. And you can understand why: limited site access and site design of Boeing makes transit useless no matter how much transit you throw at it.
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Ian Stern πŸš‡πŸšŽ
@ibstern7
Marko, the 777X project is looking increasingly problematic for Boeing, with little to no orders for multiple years. They’ve already shifted all 787 production from Everett, and the 747 program is essentially finished. There are real questions to be had about Boeing in Everett.
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Asher
@asher_971
Sunk cost fallacy. They’ve shown a willingness to shift production out of WA to sites they (rightly or wrongly) think work better economically. Who knows if the 777 is still being produced at scale in WA by 2039? Let’s make the route adjustable with a spur rather than fixed.
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Brock Howell
@BrockRides
On a Convergence Zone rainy day, let's walk the route together from the proposed light rail station locations to the Paine Field terminal and to Boeing and other Hardeson+Merrill Creek employers like to discuss how we can improve the bike & walk connections.
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Mike
@SD70MACMAN
Committed billions for 777 after closing 747, down to 100 767s, and moving 787 out of our region. Even after we gave Boeing enormous and partially illegal tax breaks. The evidence they're committed here is not reassuring. Have you tried walking a mile around this area?
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hobvias sudoneighm
@striatic
It seems like you’re checking a β€œgoes to Boeing” box without accounting for mass transit endpoints having a limited walk shed and most of the industrial campus being outside that walk shed. If workers are going to have to transfer to shuttles anyway, that could be done elsewhere.
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Vibe based policy wonk
@_AndrewSang
Why can't we do that with the swift? Make it better instead of duplicating service. I recognize as well the need to have an OMF. This can be accomplished with a spur line, or developing it on 99. I'm not supportive of this decision.
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