[perspectivep]

It's still not great. The train is slow, has way too many stops between Seattle and the airport, and sits too long at each stop.

Many of the long distance busses are overcrowded during commute hours and the drivers encourage people to cram in such that people are breathing down your neck the whole way to work.

They recently put in street cars that are slow, often blocked by traffic or parked cars, and dangerous to bikers.

I have a gut feeling that the billions they're planning on spending on trains would be better spent on more and better busses. The bus experience is usually pretty bad, especially when you have to stand for 40 minutes or sit facing backwards/sideways in an overcrowded bus that's AC can't keep up with all the body heat.

That and simply reduce on street parking and ditch all free street parking.

Overall, I was pretty happy with Seattle transit until I visited Amsterdam recently. Now I'm jaded.