Rogoff was followed by King County Executive Dow Constantine, who reminisced about the difficulty of finding parking back in the day when he was a working college student living in a U District apartment building a stone’s throw from the light rail station. According to Hudson, the trip took about 40 minutes once light rail opens the same journey will be shortened to a mere eight minutes.

He also shared an anecdote from Alex Hudson, Executive Director of the Transportation Choices Coalition (TCC), who as an experiment recently took the bus from U District Station to Westlake Station in Downtown Seattle. Peter Rogoff, Sound Transit’s Chief Executive Officer, kicked off the event by providing an overview of agency’s regional expansion plans. (Photo by author)īefore entering the station, a series of speakers from Sound Transit and King County spoke about the success of the Link light rail expansion. A large sign advertises the Link light rail station entrance on Brooklyn Avenue NE just across from the University of Washington Tower.

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