Train Tracking Poll
Posted by
Eric de Place
11/29/2007 08:10 AM
Puget Sound wanted transit, not roads.
We've argued before that one of the surprising reasons why Puget Sound's roads-and-transit package failed was that voters were concerned about climate emissions. Today, there's new polling data that buttresses our claim.
The poll finds that 20 percent of "no"-voters cited global warming as a reason for opposing the measure. This is an astonishing figure -- one I believe that's totally unprecedented, anywhere. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!)
Below, I've cherry-picked a few interesting newspaper tidbits for your reading pleasure:
