Monthly Archives: December 2015

Sample of comments in the petition as it reaches 20,000 signatures

Here is a small subset of the thousands of comments that have accompanied signatures on the petition.  This is a representation of the opinion and attitudes of the petitioners: Consider the Einstein Principle: “A scientific theory should be as simple

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Olympia Leadership Responds to stop405tolls.org petition

Today King5 published a news article with Governor Inslee’s response. The article states: Governor Jay Inslee’s office responded to the petition saying they are confident in the ultimate success of the lanes. House Transportation Chair Judy Clibborn said the legislature

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11,000 Signatures in 13 hours

Thanks to publicity in the media, signatures have been coming in at a rate of 1,000/hr.  Together our voices cannot be ignored!  Listen to KOMO 1000 in the morning to hear their interview.  Keep sharing and spreading the word!

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Express Toll Lanes are Failing in Atlanta, Miami, others

WSDOT is looking to other states to determine how successful Express Toll Lanes will be here in Washington. In WSDOT’s blog post, it states: More than 30 express toll lane systems have been successfully implemented in places around the United

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1000 signatures in just 4 days! Keep Sharing!

In just 4 days after displaying a banner over I-405 for one hour, more than 1000 people have signed a petition to remove the Express Toll Lanes (ETL) and restore the carpool lanes.  Keep sharing this website with friends and

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WSDOT ignores their own recommendation for HOV, follows Miami’s proven failed model.

As taken from the WSDOT blog post I-405 Express Toll Lanes Part 1: What is the problem? The main goal of HOV lanes was (and still is) to maximize the movement of people rather than vehicles. That same article states:

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Banner Morning!

Thank you to everyone who waved and beeped this morning! Please sign the petition, call your legislature representatives, and share this website with all your friends and co-workers.  It was wet out there and traffic in the general purpose lanes

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78 Signatures in the First Week

We already have 78 signatures on the petition in the first week. That is fantastic considering it was posted in the evening on the night before Thanksgiving and has had virtually no advertising yet.  It is time to start promoting

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Recurring problem: people are being charged even when they don’t use the Express Toll Lanes

Here is a news article from King 5 News reporting on a man who was getting billed for using the 405ETL even though he cancelled the license plate 9 years ago. It was a case of their equipment misreading the

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