Kelly Jiang

Microtransit is inherently not scalable (the more people ride it, the worse the service gets). Whereas fixed-route transit becomes more cost-effective the more people ride it. Here's an interesting report on microtransit from the transit drivers union: www.atu.org/pdfs/ATU_Fal...

I agree that we need to look into shuttle options, including potentially pulling in private funding partners (e.g. a shuttle with a segment going from Issaquah Transit Center -> Costco HQ could get $$ from Costco). This could make the cost to the city less, while also actually increasing ridership.

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