I'm happy that no/no won, but this was either a terribly thought-out election or a brilliant piece of anti-democratic political engineering. Consider: at this point, 45% voted yes on viaduct/no on tunnel, 30% voted yes on tunnel/no on viaduct, and 25% voted no/no. (This assumes that yes/yes votes are down at the noise level.) Something close to 75% voted for expanding road capacity in some form.
Agreed, this is not a deciding victory for surface/transit, and I don't claim it as one. But surface/transit hit the popular consciousness so late in the process, this is a very positive step. It gives us momentum, however, and time in which to really convince people. I think there are a lot of people who will favor surface/transit once they realize it really is a possibility.
And yes, this was a ridiculously designed election, on just about every level. But had either of the options achieved a majority they'd be making political hay from it, so I don't have any qualms about doing it myself. :)
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And yes, this was a ridiculously designed election, on just about every level. But had either of the options achieved a majority they'd be making political hay from it, so I don't have any qualms about doing it myself. :)