King County Metro officials have raised bus driver pay dramatically while neglecting some promised service increases. Now, the wages threaten to cut into existing service.
Transit demand should continue to fall through the year, owing to fuel prices and high unemployment. But the demand for new transit taxes, based on last year's rise in usage, will not go away.
The Washington Poll also found that Initiative 1000 is ahead and that Sound Transit Proposition 1 is no worse than tied and possibly ahead, based on the margin of error.
