We're Out Scalping Light Rail Tickets Today...
Over the weekend and again this morning, a bug has been affecting Link light rail's ticketing system, telling aggrieved would-be riders no soup for you "transaction canceled." Bummer.
Given the 92,000 weekend riders, it seems a missed opportunity to hear this from Seattlest reader Tod: "Guess what no one could get this weekend? An Orca Card. Yes, you can order one over the Internet and wait a week to get one, but why on Earth were they not out there signing people up? Also, try to get a youth card. Can't do it. You have to go in person to an office which, apparently, is only open during the week during business hours so I have to leave work, go get my son out of his summer program, and take him to where? None of the locations are on the Orca card Web site. I emailed in and about 4 days later they told me I could go to Westlake--which was closed over the weekend. Genius." Well, Sound Transit? What have you got to say for yourselves?
Finally, PubliCola's Josh noticed what we noticed two years ago--no bike racks near the Westlake Station entrance. We filled out an online request for a bike rack on August 9, 2007. Guess Nordy's still thinks bicycles are for the homeless.
