Could light rail across Lake Washington turn Seattle into the next Copenhagen? - Lemmy Myserv one

“Copenhagen is roughly Seattle’s size, by population. Malmö is about as big as Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond combined. The bridge carries about 50,000 train riders a day, the same number Sound Transit expects on the 2 Line, which begins service across Lake Washington on Saturday, March 28. “Economic growth like this is one of the primary motivations for building light rail across Lake Washington. “Fixed rail systems are proven to be economic development generators,” said King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci. “And the tech companies were some of the loudest advocates for us to build this because they know that you attract talent and you attract jobs when you have a transportation system that people enjoy riding.””