[seanmcdirmid]

In Seattle, you can beat a driver to the airport using the train…unless you live in Ballard, or any other place not on the I5 corridor.

I never bothered with taking the train to the Beijing airport either, even though it existed for much of time there. Taxi was still more convenient. If we are talking Tokyo or Paris, ok, no problem, but it doesn’t make sense in a lot of cities for a lot of connections to be made.

[jvolkman]

Hah, looking forward to our 2039 light rail presence in Ballard.

[notyourwork]

2032 West Seattle checking in.

[seanmcdirmid]

West Seattle and Ballard are flip sides of the same coin (that coin being Highway 99).

[notyourwork]

I’ll happily take a rapid line or light rail over driving the 99.

[yoshamano]

Whenever I visit Seattle I always take the light rail into the city. The few times I've had a chance to bring this up in conversation with a local they've always been surprised that someone actually uses the light rail to get to or from the airport.

[spaceguillotine]

this is exclusively how i pick people up from the airport now, tell them to take the link to northgate then i'll drive to get them from there, so much easier. I love the link but the home to link station bus rides are the slowest part of the journey, i've waited for the rapid ride buses for an hour before.

[seanmcdirmid]

Most people don't live in downtown, or the U district, or Northgate, where taking the train would make sense.