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Thursday, January 24, 2013
More interesting things going on with Light Rail...
Have you ever thought HOW did C-tran form?
Well, in the mid 1970s, the state of Washington formed Public Transportation Benefit Area or (PTBA) to benefit the general public of certain areas of the state of Washington within the county or locality that it is located.
Many of the smaller, outside the main huge of washington, Puget Sound are run through this law src: http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/transpo/pubtransfin.aspx
If you would like to know the taxation, formation, laws, justification or thought process behind some thing the city of Vancouver or clark county? Why not use what THEY use for research, the MRSC system or municipal research services centers for local elected officials?
Ever want to find out some obscure law or how some thing works? Try that link... Because the minutia is one way you can have fun learning some thing new about government that your elected officials may not KNOW! :)