Not all Seattle infrastructure projects pan out according to plan, and many times, Seattleites have only themselves to blame — or thank — for that.
For example, on this day in 1970, King County voters rejected a bond package known as the “Forward Thrust” which would have built a regional rail transit system heavily subsidized by the federal government. Instead, the federal money was passed to Atlanta’s MARTA system, according to History Link.
While we now have the Sound Transit light rail — which will open three new stations this fall and continues expansion in the region — many locals look back at that vote half a century ago as
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