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Title:
Back on track : Sound Transit's fight to save light rail
Summary:
With light rail estimates well beyond the voter-approved total, a fledgling Sound Transit faced angry opposition and teetered near collapse—until a new executive director rallied team members, secured a crucial federal grant, publicly confronted critics, and revised the budget. Her team navigated lawsuits and complex demands to deliver the promised system, and today the public transportation agency’s trains and buses serve nearly 50 million passengers each year.-- Publisher.
Contents:
Getting started -- The Holy Grail of transit -- Don't screw up -- Time to call Joni -- Train to nowhere -- Part II. 2001: A year like no other -- Hope was not our friend-- Dark winter malaise -- So close to dying -- Change at the top -- Are you in, or out? -- Sharks circling -- Persona non grata -- Time to pull the plug -- On the firing line -- A strong counterpunch -- A near miss -- Hard pivot South -- The daily slog -- Wait until next year -- Part III. Redemption : life after 2001 -- Live another day -- Comeback kids -- In retrospect -- Remarkable ability -- Under her watch.
Physical Description:
x, 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Publisher:
Washington State University Press,
Publication Date:
2019
ISBN:
9780874223699
Publication Information:
Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, 2019.
Call Number:
388.46 WODNIK
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