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Published: 2012-07-12 03:30:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 390; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 8
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Tacoma's Link Light Rail crossing East D Street on E 25th St eastbound.These little trains use a different signal system that the ones the automotive traffic on this street has to obey. This light rail train is charging across the street in spite of red signals requiring cars to stop. Then again, the tracks DO snake from the north edge of the road to the center here.
I wish more larger cities had similar trains to take people around their downtown areas.
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I saw something like this near the convention center in Baltimore when I was at fire expo. Are accidents with cars commonplace there?
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Not that I'm aware of. In both Baltimore and Tacoma, the light rail vehicles have their own, separate, designated lanes where cars are not supposed to be. I'm sure there are ID10Ts that try and drive in the trolley track lanes anyway.
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I really have to credit both Seattle and Vancouver for how they hace integrated their transit systems. Use the same pass on the bus or lightrail in seattle. One pass for seabus, skytrain and buses in vancouver. Throw in Sounder in Seattle and West Coast Express in Vancouver and it just amazes me
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Don't forget Amtrak Cascades. Portland Union Station is within walking distance of Portland's MAX light rail trains. As well as a downtown trolley line.
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Never been further south than seatac airport so I wouldn't know about Portland.
Generally though I have too say the west coast transit systems make the east coast ones look rinky dink. My home town which is about the size of Bellingham only had 5or 6 bus routes running once an hour.
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Town I live in shares a transit system with the next town. 4 to 6 routes. Gets people to where they need to be. Both towns are add up to the skinny side of 20k people.
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Have you checked out the South Lake Union Streetcar in Seattle yet?
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Not yet. I've been meaning to, though.
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It's a lot like the Tacoma LINK, in the sense that it's a downtown streetcar.
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Agree with your comments there.
These trams are great for getting around.
There is a great tram network in Helsinki that is far better than any tour bus!
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Most European cities have some kind of fixed mass transit system. The better equipped cities in North America have them too. This one's only about 2 miles or so from here to the north end, but it helps.
A few dozen meter behind me, on the other side of the street sits this gem :thumb314146455: It takes commuters to and from Seattle. It's a big help with congested Interstate 5.
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