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So let’s keep it clean. The Capital Hill stations are full of debris. Clean subway train stations, buses are the pride of the last 3 NYC, Washington DC mayors . Let’s do the same.

Agree with the sentiment, but if I'm not mistaken, West Seattle plans came out unscathed from the cuts and is proceeding on schedule, yes?

It's not so much that they are trying to sabotage it as that there is a $30B budget hole and at the moment, almost no hope of federal assistance to help with the shortfall.

Having a completely unqualified NIMBY as chair of Sound Transit is a huge drag.

Yes, but that is not a panacea. Only certain corridors would excel - think Portland-Seattle-Vancouver or SF-LA or Texas triangle. Also need people used to taking transit. I argue a great train is nerfed by bad buses not connecting people to/from stations

Overall, looks like the Seattle region's transit ridership increased by 12% from March to April, so clearly net growth.

The Link really only runs N/S (though the Two Line runs east to the suburbs). To get anywhere E/W in the city you gotta bus or walk.

Two months old but this thread gives a good sense of that picture

Ballard got fucked over. I’m not patient.

To clarify by "this" I mean your graph, not the underlying data. The underlying data seems google-able

Nice!

Thanks for the visit and taking a whirl on the train!

Why? The system is incredibly well built and largely very well placed. The stations are big and vibrant, security is visible, and largely very clean. More importantly is a good bus network getting people to/from Link and great TOD around stations (most anyways). Taking a train is also fun!

They used to have largest and best street car network! But 50+ years of sprawl make it hard to serve most people. LA needs to focus more on density and TOD to encourage usage of their system. It’s objectively not bad but is underutilized

Why limit ourselves to US cities? Toronto is pretty goated at this.

About 25 cars have driven down Queens Quay tunnel tracks since 2014, TTC says | CBC NewsYet another car drove down the tracks of the Queens Quay streetcar tunnel early Sunday morning, which the TTC says was about the 25th incident it has seen since 2014.www.cbc.ca

From what I read (admittedly a couple years back now) the plan is to absolutely go all the way to Lynnwood

Currently it goes from Federal Way to Lynwood

Line 2 also goes to Lynnwood, but starting from Redmond.

Light rail to Lynnwood, Sounder train to Everett. It’s a transportation renaissance in the Puget Sound area!

Bellingham is 85 miles away?

Seattle #Link is #8 when combining heavy and light rail, as several cities have both. Rank order of those over 100,000/day: New York, DC, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Philly, Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta, and San Diego. (Per FTA April 2026, not including Commuter Rail)

We best MARTA in Atlanta. Despite existing for 40 years the system is largely under-utilized. I believe this is two-fold: lack of good bus system and next to no TOD. Percentage of people using transit in region is low and lack of things around stations also deflates reason to use it

NYC, DC, Chicago, and SF are primarily heavy rail systems as opposed to light rail

LA distinctly has Heavy Rail and Light Rail. Apples to apples Link has more riders than the specific lines in LA that are also LR. HR in LA is not included in these charts.

Seattle’s 2020 population: 737,015 Seattle’s 2025 population: 784,777 Tell me more about how nobody wants to live in blue cities and would rather live in Dallas and Miami.