Colorado desperately needs something like this. I hope it passes. Although the service times are few and far between, people will make it work, I guarantee it.
Utah has something similar between its southernmost city in the greater Salt Lake area - Provo- and up to Ogden. I believe it also shares the lines with freight and while there are delays if a freight train is going somewhere (passenger trains give way), it’s still very popular.
The sounder, the 1-line, the ferries. Seattle is pretty great for public transportation. The only place I’ve seen better is Vancouver, but I’m not super well traveled.
But if coming from Tacoma to go watch college hockey in Northgate? There’s no better way to travel than the 1-line, IMO. Or trying to get to the airport without all the insane traffic and poorly designed on and odds? 1-line.
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