I do not support bus rapid transit on the Cross Kirkland Corridor.

There are many safety concerns with buses on the CKC; it is near many parks and schools, it’s used by many school kids and lastly, it connects neighborhoods and has a lot of pedestrian cross traffic.

It’s time to think about improving the greater Seattle metro area with mass transit that will last the next 100-plus years not 15 years. Seattle is no longer the city that I grew up in and is rapidly become the next great international city. Buses are not the solution but a temporary patch, voters have said this for years. Look to New York, London, Paris, San Francisco and other great international cities which use underground or over-ground rail solutions. But please use underground rail, keep suburbia beautiful.

Lastly, too often I see empty buses shuttling around the arterial streets of the Eastside, this must stop. The only buses that I see full are shuttles to the Seahawks, Husky or Sounder games.

I will oppose ST3 if it includes transit on the CKC. I will consider transit use on CKC if it remains subterranean. Think about our children the world that their children will have to live in.

Jonathan Gibson, Kirkland