
The sidelines and fumbled with efforts to get some form of railįinally, in 1996, voters in the Sea-Tac region overwhelminglyĪpproved a plan called Sound Move, which funded improvements to Like Portland, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary saw the successful In the meantime, neighboring Pacific Northwest cities (See Seattle Trolley Coaches section for a description of that network.)Įlectric rail transport (save for the Milwaukee Road main lineĮlectrification) remained extinct until 1982, when Seattle CityĬouncilman George Benson saw his dream of a Waterfront Streetcar lineĬome true.

Lines) were all replaced by a network of electric trolley buses. Seattle Transit System's antiquated streetcars (and three cable car Seattle, the largest city in the Pacific Northwest, once had anĮxtensive streetcar system, as well as electric interurban lines to
