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

It connects neighborhoods and has a lot of pedestrian cross traffic

I will oppose ST3 if it includes transit on the CKC.

It is incomprehensible to me how any right minded individual would think and propose that mass transit sharing a pedestrian/bike trail is a “good idea.” This is a very bad alternative when clearly there are other workable alternatives. I live two blocks up from the trail in the Houghton area. If this rapid transit proposition was going to be the city’s and Metro’s choice, why in the world was the trail established in the first place. Why didn’t the powers that be just remove the tracks and trail and put in a public road that mass transit could utilize. Why mask the project as a lovely, natural, safe haven for pedestrians and cyclists? Rapid Transit on the Cross Kirkland Corridor is unconscionable.

June Schenck, Kirkland