According to the Everett Herald, the Community Transit district planning and development director, Joy Munkers, implored the commission to "stay the course" and not make changes to I-405. (WSDOT)

We’ve found the one agency openly trying to get in the way of saving drivers upwards of $20 roundtrip to use the I-405 Express Toll Lanes.

Community Transit in Snohomish wrote a letter this week asking the Transportation Commission to not give in to the overwhelming public demand.

Starting tonight, you will not be charged to drive the express toll lanes on I-405 on weekends and holidays. Additionally, it is free to use from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weekdays. The tolls have been blamed for the increase in congestion in the general purpose lanes during times when we traditionally hadn’t seen a significant slowing.

Related: The fight over I-405 tolls may be just beginning

But not everyone is happy that congestion in the general purpose lane will improve.

According to the Everett Herald, the Community Transit district planning and development director, Joy Munkers, implored the commission to “stay the course” because it helps transit riders.

“That would be consistent with one of the original purposes of the tolls: to manage congestion,” Munkers wrote. “Transit still runs on weekends and people still have needs for a more rapid trip that would make them willing to pay a toll.”

The Herald notes it’s the only written opposition received by the Commission.

We’ve long discussed how these changes are being fueled by activists and government workers who want to force you out of your cars and into transit. This letter and accompanying statement by Community Transit makes that point.

Community Transit spokesman Martin Munguia told the Herald: “The express toll lanes are working for transit. We are seeing reduced trip times. We appreciate that travel time advantage.”

But, they’re not working for drivers. The state shouldn’t aim to super-serve one group of Washingtonians while actively hurting another. But they never admit that’s what they’re doing. WSDOT will claim the moves are best for everyone (they like to have their heads in the sand when discussing problems – what problems? we don’t see any problems!).

Here, at least, we have an agency being honest. Community Transit doesn’t care about everyone; just their users. They’re not interested in coexisting and pushing a system that works for everyone. They’re perfectly content with you suffering so long as their users can benefit.

Should that be the position of a government agency?