Transit Riders Union Concerned Two Class-Based Public Transportation Systems Taking Shape in Seattle

by Charles MudedeMetro is slow and for the poor? Charles Mudede
The Transit Riders Union (TRU), a five-year-old organization that focuses on one of the most important democratic institutions in Seattle, public transportation, is deeply concerned that the expansion of Link and Metro's service restructuring on March 26 will establish "a second-class transit system" in Seattle. Why? Because light rail does not accept the reduced fare bus tickets that 138 social service agencies around the city prov