I'm not convinced that ST3 is better than the alternative. If we vote yes, we're locked in to an incomplete transportation network for decades to come, because ST3 isn't even trying to build most of what Seattle needs; ST3 will push the rest of what we need so far into the future that there will be no hope of getting a complete transit network within my lifetime.

If we vote no, we have a chance to keep working on it. They'll have to try again in four years. The demographic shift toward reurbanization will continue. Seattle's political power will continue to grow. The ST2 bonds which are limiting us so heavily will continue to expire. We might actually be able to get a better deal if we wait - and we certainly won't get a worse one.

The bus that runs outside my house (route 48, in the CD) comes every 10 minutes almost like clockwork for several hours of the day and drops to 15 minutes from end of peak (6pm) until 10pm and then 30 minutes after that until after 1am. That's a vast improvement prior to Seattle's Proposition 1 vote in 2014--wherein we voted to pay for a metric ton of service hours--and the restructure around University Link. I've noticed a marked improvement in other routes I use daily, like the 3/4 pair, route 11, and even the puny 65 up to Lake City.

Your point about bus bunching stands, though, if only as an example of how polarized the use of curb space is in this city. "BAT lanes" that aren't well enforced (though I have seen a lot more towing of parked cars out of them as of late) and a dearth of bus-only lanes in favor of preserving on-street parking are just two of my complaints. But service, at least in town, has gotten better in my experience. Hopefully the additional station openings in 2021-2023 will free up even more service hours to fill in gaps and extend the span of service (dare I dream for 24-hour bus[0] service?).

0 - Sound Transit has already said that 24-hour train service is very unlikely until the second train tunnel is online.