text: Public transit agencies don't deserve to be funded by a proposed employee income tax, as the current transportation proposal includes.  TriMet and LTD are becoming huge money pits.  
  
  TriMet has almost a $1 BILLION  unfunded liability in their retirement/benefits account, and LTD has a  $26 million in unfunded pension and OPEB liability as reported on their balance sheet.
  
  Furthermore, since LTD begun their focus on EmX projects and proposals, they have been forced to cut almost 19% of their basic transit service, have lost about 10% ridership,  yet LTD has still added more staff to their bloated administration.  (Per the November 2015 “Performance Review”, and followed-up by a November 2016 “Technical Memorandum”, done by CSA Planning for the Eugene Chamber of Commerce.) 
  
  LTD transit has become MORE costly, yet LESS efficient, and seemingly more about shelf preservation than providing sensible, affordable, and sustainable public transit.