KOUW reports that this will be the last week for car tab collections to pay off our failed experiment in rapid transit optimism:

The Seattle Monorail Project says it will stop collecting its car tab tax by the end of the week. The tax has been in effect since June 2003. Most Seattle drivers have paid it three times, while some have had to pay four times. But it’s still too early to tell if the agency will issue refunds. [kuow]

Because people don’t pay on time, and lawsuits drag on approximately forever, the agency doesn’t actually know how much money it will have to fulfill this pipe dream of rebates for unlucky four-time payers.