Please consider this a response to the letter from Sue Amorosi that you published on Feb. 19.

This letter reflects a great deal of naivete about the substantive issues about Cross Kirkland Corridor (CKC) that have come to light since the meeting she attended a few years ago.

Some of these issues include: the impact on the wetlands and streams which the city has not correctly addressed because its master plan does not include the current setback and mitigation standards established by the state; the right-of-way is much narrower than 100 feet in scores of places along the corridor; there is good evidence that bus rapid transit (BRT) as advocated by the city is more likely to increase the current congestion on the multiplicity of streets that intersect the CKC; based on Sound Transit’s own estimates, rapid transit on the CKC will cost more per mile than any other rapid transit system in the world that doesn’t involve digging a lengthy tunnel; and, finally, if this system were built, the city admits that it would only improve traffic congestion by one percent.

There are too many problems with this solution. Until innovation changes the alternatives available to us, the best shorter term solution is Bus Rapid Transit on I-405, which is Sound Transit’s original proposal to speed up north-south mobility on the Eastside.

David Kiesel, Kirkland