[PRCo] Fw: Seattle Starts Testing Streetcar Line

Jim Holland PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com
Tue Nov 20 18:23:29 EST 2007


"Damon Hill"  wrote in message news:...
 > "Bernard Farquart" wrote in
 > news:F8qdnT8oi8NtJLfanZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d at comcast.com:
 >
 > > yeah, it's great. 52 million dollars so people can avoid a ten-minute
 > > walk.
 >
 > The streetcar line, originally known as the South Lake Union Trolley
 > (aka, the SLUT), is envisioned as the first leg of an expanded line
 > that would branch out to the University of Washington and elsewhere.
 > It differs from the planned light rail line that will also go there
 > in that it's a surface, street-running line.
 >
 > It ends just across the street from another Seattle ironic icon, the
 > monorail line to Seattle Center (and not much else).
 >
 > --Damon
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