RTID's portion, Blueprint for Progress, would have invested in state highways, bridges, and local roads in Snohomish, King, and Pierce counties in order to ease choke-points and improve safety.
By reducing congestion, Roads and Transit planned to help the Puget Sound region's economy, allowing people and goods to move more quickly and reliably.
Organizations that endorsed the 'Yes' on Roads and Transit proposal include: King County Executive Ron Sims was initially neutral on the plan, but declared his public opposition in a September 2007 op-ed in The Seattle Times.
In the piece, co-authored by Sims and his wife Cayan Topacio, they stated that Roads and Transit "continues the national policy of ignoring our impacts upon global warming".
[3] Other political leaders, including transportation chairs in both chambers of the state legislature, expressed concerns that the ballot measure would not pass due to its size and conflicting goals.