Seattle Monorail On Shaky Financial Ground
26 October 2005 - 12:00pm
A City Council report warns that the financial risks for building the project could affect the vote on the project.
"The report found problems in six of seven areas related to the SMP's income, though the consultants didn't render an overall judgment about whether the monorail should be built."
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Report warns monorail finances are risky
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The Seattle Times, October 26, 2005
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The last time I visited Seattle, traffic was so bad that I simply didn't bother to visit downtown. I would assume, too, this is a pressing issue for downtown employers and workers. How does a core function with only buses and cars? Expensive as the monorail promises to be, does it really equal the expense that a roads-only approach has bequeathed Seattle?