Sound Transit is planning to institute a pilot plan to charge for usage of its parking garages.  The plan is wrong because it will not deter non-transit use of garages.  Their plan will legitimize the misuse of park and ride facilities at bargain rates.  It will charge transit riders twice.

The Orca card should be used to enter the garage and then charged market rate for parking only if you don’t ride transit within 30 minutes. This will directly address the issue of misuse of the facility.

Please merge with Sound Transit and fire your duplicate administration staff?  We can not afford two agencies.

Dick Buckwitz, Issaquah