Light rail opens long-awaited East Link extension between Seattle and S. Belleview

 https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/light-rail-opens-long-awaited-east-link-extension/U54OG64XFJHETGVNXX4K7IPPRA/

https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion/east-link-extension

https://bellevuewa.gov/city-government/departments/transportation/projects/east-link-light-rail

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/your-how-to-guide-for-the-new-eastside-light-rail-line/

Seattle link-light-rail

 https://www.theurbanist.org/category/transportation/transit/link-light-rail

https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion

https://www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/28/seattle-subway-backed-hb-1304-gets-first-hearing-wednesday/

Sound Transit LRT to Federal Way

 https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2025/08/28/federal-way-light-rail-service-gets-start-date.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Way_Link_Extension

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/wa-light-rail-federal-way 

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/light-rail-coming-to-federal-way-in-december/

https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/link-1-line-service-to-federal-way-begins-dec-6 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Line_(Sound_Transit) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Line_(Sound_Transit)#Rolling_stock_and_equipment

Seattle Link light Rail

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail Seattle was wise just like Edmonton to have long underground train stations. Unfortunatly, Vancouver always seems to opt for the congestive planning approach. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail#Lines Of course an all underground or all elevated line would be better than on the street. Thus, this is like a modern streetcar or a tram-train. 

Why free public transport doesn't fix traffic (and what does) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6md7gny4pY

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=LRT

International District: Chinatown station in Seattle

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_District/Chinatown_station#History 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Seattle+Link+light+Rail

Seattle Center Monorail and LRT

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Center_Monorail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvfla87Anfs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_640L-fSo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaXjYjoZdok

Seattle opened the Northgate extension of its Link Light Rail system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A3RKtcCoro

https://the-loaf-etc.blogspot.com/search?q=Seattle

Ballard Light Rail At-Grade

 https://seattletransitblog.com/2025/02/28/ballard-light-rail-at-grade/

https://seattletransitblog.com/2025/02/25/automate-ballard-link/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard,_Seattle

TransLink to extend North Shore RapidBus route to Metrotown starting in 2027

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/r2-rapidbus-north-shore-metrotown-burnaby-route-extension

https://aquilinidevelopment.com/community/kwasen-village

https://kwasenvillage.com 

The Kwasen Village & BCIT area is becoming a new intersection of housing & shopping, as well as education. So, hopefully starting in 2027, there will be an express bus from Metrotown_to_West-Vancouver. It will run along Willingdon Avenue providing a rapid bus link between Metrotown and Brentwood-Town-Centre-Station. Then onto N.Vancouver & W.Vancouver. This is being done, because backwards Vancouver refuses to build a rapid bus tunnel under or near the absurd, 3 lane Lions_Gate Bridge. Plus, the BC Government isn't interested in extending the SkyTrain on a bridge or through a tunnel to W.Vancouver. Thus, the inept, 3 lane Lions-Gate-Bridge remains as one of the worst bottlenecks or chokepoints in the world. 

Perth, WA built a 10 lane bridge with double train tracks in the middle of it.

https://www.skyperth.com/digitalstockfiles/train-over-the-narrows-bridge 3 sections. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Narrows_Bridge_from_QV.1.jpg Two 5 lane sections and a double track middle section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xNv6nNKaRI

Seattle, WA did something similar, but their 3 section bridge or crossing has 4 lanes each way & a double track middle section.

https://www.mi-reporter.com/news/sound-transit-begins-light-rail-testing-across-i-90 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=felRTAG5MWc 

Montreal also did something similar to Seattle & Perth.

https://rem.info/en/albums/first-trip-across-samuel-de-champlain-bridge-july-2022 A 3 section bridge with 4 lanes each way. https://www.systra.com/en/news/the-samuel-de-champlain-bridge-in-canada-opens-to-train-traffic Plus, a middle section with 2 tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkZDtKKQ_e0 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9O6RzsXIqQ 

Being from backwards Vancouver & backwater BC, it's always amazing to see what other places can do, simply because they aren't in BC.

Fortunately, Perth, Seattle & Montreal don't have to contend with anything like the inept Vancouver & BC transportation mentality. It's mindboggeling that in 2025, Vancouver is still only running 4 car trains to Surrey & only 2 car trains to Coquitlam & Richmond. This, combined with several narrow bridges, makes it one of the most congested cities in the world. It's a sad & pathetic situation, because things in BC should be designed for proper future capacity expansion.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Metrotown-North+Shore+Rapid+Transit+route

port of seattle

https://www.portseattle.org/maritime/cruise

https://www.portseattle.org/places/smith-cove-cruise-terminal-pier-91

https://www.portseattle.org/places/bell-street-cruise-terminal-pier-66

https://www.portseattle.org/page/northwest-seaport-alliance

https://www.portseattle.org/page/public-transit-link-light-rail

https://www.portseattle.org/page/transportation-tofrom-sea-tac-airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Seattle#Current_issues