Questions to consider:

• Can we afford extravagant light rail systems if we’re not increasing market share?
• Buses are more flexible, so why more light rail?
• If WES is a huge net drag on the system, why do we continue to run it?
• How do you justify spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new rail lines amid fiscal emergency?
• If the mandate of Tri Met is to move the most folks around, then why fewer, more flexible buses and more, inflexible light rail?
• If the mandate exists (see above) then why is Tri Met’s answer to budget holes to CUT OFF buses?
• Is there a point where Tri Met needs to stop expanding?
• Do we have enough money for the increased maintenance costs of all this new light rail?