Why it matters: Since 2008, Seattle-area voters have approved more than $65 billion to grow the region's light rail system.

Originally around 2013, the Ballard Link Extension was envisioned as an at-grade alternative. Transit advocates and others ...

Still, that would leave all of the region's existing passenger rail services in the dust. Amtrak's Cascades line runs on a similar route through Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, BC, but it shares ...