Jamie Pedersen, a Democrat from Seattle and the bill’s lead sponsor. “As the light rail system has gotten built out in Seattle, people are absolutely hungry for having it be bigger, faster, all of those things,” said state Sen. It would then be up to voters residing in that area to approve the tax increase and pay it. The board would propose improved service or a faster construction timeline, which would be paid for by increasing car tab fees or raising commercial parking taxes - but only for residents in the Enhanced Service Zone.
A zone’s boundaries must incorporate an entire city or town at a minimum, but can be drawn to include multiple municipalities and unincorporated areas. To do so, the Sound Transit Board would create “Enhanced Service Zones” encompassing subsets of the region in which the agency operates.
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The measure, approved 29-18 in the Senate and 50-49 in the House, allows Sound Transit to propose and pay for transit improvements in specific cities beyond what’s in the agency’s planned expansion or speed up the delivery of existing plans.
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