Opening day of Seattle's first light rail

I got on the light rail, which opened today, at my friendly neighborhood station, rode down to Tukwila (near the airport), then back up to downtown Seattle. And then back to my neighborhood. It was pretty packed and everyone was pretty excited about the goings-on. I was expecting long, long waits (perhaps an hour?) at each station that I had to get out at; the longest wait I had was maybe 15 minutes.

My station.

Inside the car.

This dude's taking a break. The people in front of me got a big laugh out of that.

I-5.

Test mode.

Substantial crowds at the Tukwila station, where we all had to disembark and get back on again.

View of Seattle from far south on the light rail line.

This is the closest grocery store to my house. I don't go there. It's really, really old and has more chips than carrots. Remodel planned for January!

Going under Beacon Hill.

The bus transit tunnel underneath downtown.

One of the many cool sculptures in the Beacon Hill station, which is 180 feet underground.

At the end, I stopped to get a cookie at my favorite bakery.

And I saw this bike, which I like a lot.

And this bumper sticker.

And here's a long video (six minutes!) of a few segments of the ride.