The new Northgate Link light rail extension, which officially opened this past weekend to celebrations and praise from local and state officials, makes living in Seattle without a car that much easier — finally fulfilling one of the hallmarks of urban living.
Coming to Seattle after having lived in New York City, I found myself disappointed at the lack of a central mass transit system comparable to the efficiency of the subway. Sure, there are plenty of bus routes and street cars, but even those run late, get stuck in traffic and barely have any routes that go east-west.
That unreliability even became a persistent source of anxiety for me
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