[BATS] "Transportation Reform" effort - thoughts?

[Yogi Donovan]

Where and what time is the BATS general council meeting?

With Conscious Care & Consideration,
President; Board of Directors
*Yogi Isaiah Donovan*





On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 12:01 Dave Schuldt <dave.schuldt at me.com> wrote:

> I have not looked into this so I can’t comment.
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> On Dec 16, 2024, at 10:02 AM, Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
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> Trevor who is spearheading this effort <https://transportationreform.org/> reached
> out again about whether TRU wants to discuss and/or support. Here’s his
> op-ed in The Urbanist
> <https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/12/10/op-ed-state-must-reform-sound-transit/>,
> which may answer Dave’s question. He says "Since we talked the article went
> live in the urbanist and nearly 500 people have sent letters to the
> Legislature and Governor Elect Ferguson!"
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> A few possible ways forward: We could invite him to give a short
> presentation at an upcoming membership meeting, e.g. in January or
> February. Or BATS could invite him to a committee meeting and bring a
> report and recommendation to the membership. Or we could politely decline.
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> Thoughts? (We have a General Council meeting tonight, so bonus for replies
> before 6pm!)
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> Katie
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> On Nov 19, 2024, at 3:19 PM, Dave Schuldt <dave.schuldt at me.com> wrote:
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> Can this be done by a part time leg?  Who would do the audit?
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> On Nov 19, 2024, at 2:52 PM, Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
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> I followed up to ask what endorsing would mean, here’s Trevor’s reply:
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> “Endorsing would mean supporting a statement asking the Legislature to do
> the following:
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>    - Audit Sound Transit's governance, decision making, and powers with a
>       focus on international leaders.
>       - Review opportunities to partner with WSDOT
>       - A broader review of how we deliver infrastructure projects and
>       opportunities to improve relative to global best practices.
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> The format would be the same as MASS's landing page where there's a letter
> and supporting organizations' logos listed below.
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> These requests are modeled on an audit Minnesota completed of Metro's
> delivery and a review Quebec's legislature committed prior to approving the
> REM."
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> On Nov 14, 2024, at 4:49 PM, Dave Schuldt <dave.schuldt at me.com> wrote:
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> Looks good.  Instead of a new group why not make this part of TRU?
> Everybody knows who we are so Trevor and his crew would get way more
> attention and TRU would become better known in the burbs.
> They could be part of BATS or their own working group.
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> On Nov 14, 2024, at 2:23 PM, Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
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> Hey All,
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> We got this reach-out about a new formation coming together. Interested if
> folks have thoughts!
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> Katie
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From: *Trevor Reed <trevorreed283 at gmail.com>
> *Subject: **TRU Endorsement*
> *Date: *November 14, 2024 at 1:11:46 PM PST
> *To: *katie at transitriders.org
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> Hi Katie,
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> My name is Trevor Reed and I am starting a group modeled on the MASS
> Coalition called Transportation Reform focused delivering transit faster,
> cheaper, and of higher quality.
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> The Sierra Club and Physicians for Social Responsibility have both
> endorsed and are listed as co-authors for an Op-Ed we're submitting to the
> Seattle Times. A longer essay is currently being edited with the urbanist.
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> Our website should be live by the end of this week, hopefully both the ST
> and urbanist will publish next week.
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> What is the process for TRU to support this effort? I am happy to jump on
> a call and go over further at your convenience.
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> Please find a link to the urbanist HERE
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UCv-PcK_0Ou95AroozY8_0c_K1vTcX3euakW24KHmSo/edit?usp=sharing>ST
> draft attached.
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> Best,
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> Trevor
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> <Sound Transit Op-Ed_v9.docx>
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