I’d like to respond to Jeff Jared’s recent column against the $20 car tabs to support public transit.

Name one city where public transit is fully funded by collected fares. Name one city where road costs are fully paid by the people who use them?

If this were the case, the 105,000 people who use the Alaska Way Viaduct should pay $40,000 each for the tunnel replacement. Let’s put that to referendum and see if it passes.

The Kirkland to Seattle bus I take each day leaves every 10-15 minutes with 40-60 people on board, depending on the bus size. This route was to be cut without the extra funding.

Imagine 40-60 extra cars in front of you for every bus taken off the road. And what would the affect be on parking with an additional 1,000 cars vying for parking spots?

Sure, sometimes when I come home late, the bus is only half full. But there is a minimum service Metro needs to provide to make transit viable. The system doesn’t work if buses are mandated to only leave the stop when they are full.

As for gypsy cabs, I can only imagine 40-60 people at a park and ride waiting (hoping?) for a stranger needing $20 to offer them a ride to Seattle.

I have read many negative responses to the $20 car tabs in newspapers and online, and am shocked and saddened by how rude and self-centered people can be over $20.

It is a small price to pay to have a livable community. We have all drunk from a well we did not dig. Our family will be donating our $48 in free bus tickets to families with disabilities.

Lynne Warren, Kirkland