Feeder Bus Shortage May Decrease Monorail Ridership

Seattle's Metro Transit stated that it would not be able to provide all of the feeder buses necessary to support the proposed monorail.

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October 26, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

By C. Scott Smith

"But Walsh disputed that, saying far more bus hours a total of 90,000 would be needed to feed the monorail, with coaches running seven to 15 minutes apart. The additional service would cost roughly $4.5 million to provide, he said in an interview yesterday."

Thanks to C. Scott Smith

FULL STORY: Metro says it can't provide all monorail feeder buses

Thursday, October 24, 2002 in The Seattle Times

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