Now this one causes some more "rough and edgy" thoughts and comments.  So again, reader beware.

1

I'm not 100% sure why the monorail was so "unfeesable" for Seattle.  From a materials, disruption, and economic stand point it appears that the Monorail would have been easier to put into place.  Emphasis on "appears".

2

Simple 4-way with the Monorail above.  No interruptions for it traversing through heavy traffic.

3

Qwest Field literally has its "cover" sitting over the tracks.  Two new tracks are lining up just aside the main lines.  It appears they are planning to run those tracks into the mains.  They're definitely taking their comfortable leisure to get it done, they've been there the last few times I've been to Seattle and that covers at least 6 months.  I would assume though, that there is no hurry as the demand isn't entirely needed at the moment with freight shipping down and the Sounder & Amtrak Services are being shuttled about just fine.  Sounder ridership isn't rising so fast that they're needing to run that many trains this much sooner...  rambling...

4

This is the first stop where the LRVs will enter the downtown tunnel.  It's wonderful how easily transit fits into the surrounding area of buildings and other such things with a minimal amount of intrusiveness.  Absolutely beautiful...

5

Then of course one just needs to walk a little way through the stop and across one street to see the cacophony of cars and other mess associated with obtuse design of streets and on street parking.

6

The railroads (I'm about 99% sure) built the tunnels under Seattle (yup, again spending THEIR money and not public funds, even though I'm supportive of a city working with the railroads for this type of work - it doesn't break my anti-federal dreams of freedom and leaves control in the hands of locals and individuals).  This is the "south portal".

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If you miss the sign on the left, you should catch the right hand sign.

8

...and same for the right.  Not sure why the portal needs a sign though.  If you're working for the railroad you know where the south portal is.  If you aren't you surely don't need to be down there, you're just asking to get ran over in that case.

9

The tallest building in Seattle.  I forget what it is at the moment.  Remember this building, and remember it IS the TALLEST in the city.

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This is the waterfront highway, which blots out with its vulgar and disgusting appearance almost all of downtown.  Some of the really close condo buildings one can see.  Notice you cannot see the tallest build anywhere...

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More of the nasty highway that just sits there and makes a terrible racket and provides a horridly disgusting view of the city.

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Oh look, that's all one can see of the TALLEST building Seattle!  This highway is abhorrent, Seattle, get with the program and tear the damned thing down or put it somewhere else!

13

Washington State Ferries.  I'm not sure of the history, but I really ought to look it up sometime and see how they where started and when the state took them over.  I'm also curious, being how old they are, what they intend to do when it comes time for replacement.  Is the state going to make the whole state pay, or are the users going to pay?  It seems like an extremely touchy situation, but with how "leftist" and "socialist" the area is everyone should just bend over and take the cost right?  I mean, that's what the socialist minded people seem to want the populace to do.

14

Road cutting through and into the SODO district.  If Seattle manages to get the light rail off the ground and TRULY successful with high ridership the SODO area should boom even more than it does now.  If they get rid of some of these god awful massive anti-pedestrian friendly streets it might actually become somewhat hospitable for living.  I know about 1000-2000 people live there now, and they probably like it that way, but with growth comes changes and SODO is ripe for many.

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Number 15 Metro coming down the same highway above.  From Blue Ridge, wherever Blue Ridge is.

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Same bus.  I really wish Metro would take a clue from TriMet and make their nasty web site usable.  I've tried multiple times just to get a simple map of a particular route, which is almost impossible.  It seems that Metro thinks all people need are schedules.  Hello, how am I supposed to know where the bloody bus is going with only a schedule?!?!  A schedule is step #2 of the process of getting somewhere, it is NOT the first step.  If a power person at Metro reads this, get the bloody info pushed through correctly, you guys are insanely frustrating to use!

...Sound Transit would do well to get a clue from the TriMet web site too, even though it is easily a multitude better than Metro's it isn't all that great.