Light Rail To University Approved

To get home from work Seattlest would walk up the hill to the bus tunnel downtown, get on a 72X or 73X that takes about 5-7 minutes via the I-5 express lanes to get to the University District and then hoof it along the Burke Gilman to Wallingford. If things went well it could take about fifteen minutes and involved some nice walking - Not too bad, and not much slower than if we drove. Of course that had to end, though. We gave up on the University expresses when the bus tunnel closed and can now be found on the 26 which takes approximately fifteen hours to get from downtown to Wallingford.

Getting the bus tunnel back would be nice. Having it actually filled with light rail instead of busses would be even nicer. Sound Transit approved a plan to spend $1.45 billion to extend light rail from downtown to the University District yesterday so maybe we're in luck. Apparently the rail line will run underground from downtown to the UD and include a stop on Broadway on Capitol Hill.