RAIL-PLAN COMPARISON SOLVES LITTLE LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWS BUS TUNNEL IS A KEY CONCERN OF TRANSIT RIDERS.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: May 23, 2001| Author: Mcgann, Chris | COPYRIGHT 2001 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: CHRIS McGANN P-I reporter

As Sound Transit tries to salvage its light-rail plan by building later in North Seattle and sooner in South Seattle, it is struggling again with cost, ridership and other basic questions that many thought were settled years ago.

Last night, the staff released a comparison of the scaled-back rail options being considered by elected officials on the Sound Transit board, which is faced with reining in estimated costs that far...

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