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What would be the effect of defeat of the November transportation ballot measure on the Eastside railroad situation?

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What would be the effect of defeat of the November transportation ballot measure on the Eastside railroad situation?

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Defeat could be very good for the future of the railroad as well as for the Eastside and the region as a whole. This is because it could cause Sound Transit and other government agencies to go back to the drawing board and begin to rethink their plans and come up with lower cost and more effective solutions. The most obvious of these is, of course, to begin a transit service on the Eastside railroad that could be used by tens of thousands of people per day instead of ripping out the tracks for a bicycle trail that would be used by a few hundred people a day. For more information, please see FAQ: The November Ballot.