In two weeks, the Seattle area will get a look at light rail when the Sound Transit runs trains from SeaTac Airport to downtown Seattle. A number of the stations are located on Martin Luther King Way, which is in the neighborhood, about a mile west of Rainier Avenue in Rainier Valley. I hope that these city and county planners hope to get a lot of other people to ride, because I don't think that too many Seward Park residents will be using the light rail. Let's take someone who works downtown and lives near Seward Park Avenue as an example, he or she has to get to MLK Way and Othello or Beacon Hill, which would be a short car ride or a really long walk. For my new job, I walk to Rainier Avenue and take the #9 bus to Broadway and Denny Way, which takes about 40 minutes. Maybe there are a lot of people in the Rainier Valley and elsewhere who will ride the train. Bus service is standard to sub-standard at best, adding light rail will detract from the quality of service given to Rainier Valley/Seward Park.
If other Seattle people have thoughts on this matter, feel free to let me know.
Thank you and have a great July Fourth.
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