Seattlest: Get On the Bus (in the tunnel)

guest

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:02:51 -0800

I don't know that they "cheaped" on the installation of the rail (though they certainly "cheaped" on the South African granite!), but they did install a type of rail that LINK is incompatible with. My understanding is that the technology driving LINK wasn't around in 1987.

axis420

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:02:27 -0800

Actually they *did* include rail -- but they cheaped out on the installation, it turned out to be useless, and they had to rip it all out. I thought I remembered reading about that but couldn't recall enough of the story to research and find references. Pretty typical Puget Sound transit "planning." hopefully this track lasts longer and actually works... Charles

Michael van Baker

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:49:45 -0800

Actually they *did* include rail -- but they cheaped out on the installation, it turned out to be useless, and they had to rip it all out.

Seth

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:19:52 -0800

Of course, they wouldn't have had to close the thing for two years if they'd thought to include rail in the first place when they built it only 15 years ago, but of course trains hadn't been invented yet.

Kim Ruehl

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:48:05 -0800

it never fails: i always read "mayor greg nickels" as "greyer meg nickels." what does it mean?