SOUNDs Like a Light Metro - Link Light Rail: Episode 47

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Today, we’re talking about America’s heaviest light rail system, Link Light Rail in Seattle. We’ll talk Forward Thrusts, Boeing Busts, and more after The News.

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References & notes

  1. [1] Mass Transit: NY: Amtrak suspends north country train service just months after reinstating Adirondack Line
  2. [2] Wikipedia: Link light rail
  3. [3] Sound Transit: History of voter-approved plans
  4. [4] Wikipedia: Forward Thrust
  5. [5] Wikipedia: Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
  6. [6] nycsubway.org: Seattle LINK Light Rail
  7. [7] Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest: James Ellis and the Forward Thrust Campaign
  8. [8] The Urbanist: Forward Thrust Part 1: No City is an Island
  9. [9] Town Hall Seattle: Looking Back at Forward Thrust
  10. [10] HistoryLink.org: Seattle's light-rail era begins as Sound Transit's Central Link line carries its first passengers on July 18, 2009.
  11. [11] WSDOT: Link light rail
  12. [12] CPTDB Wiki: Sound Transit Central Link
  13. [13] HistoryLink.org: Boeing Bust (1969-1971)
  14. [14] Seattle Monorail
  15. [15] Wikipedia: Seattle Center Monorail § ETC and Seattle Monorail Project
  16. [16] Wikipedia: History of Seattle § The Boeing Bust