I'm at U District Station this morning for a planned trip with Sound Transit leaders and other dignitaries to Northgate for the ribbon cutting at the John Lewis Pedestrian Bridge.
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I may or may not have just heard Peter Rogoff making a broken escalator joke.
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Rogoff did just call the broken escalator at U District on opening day "disappointing", but a product of the "burn-in phase" for Northgate Link.
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Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff and WSDOT Secretary Roger Millar boarding the train to Northgate at U District.
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We have arrived at a very foggy Northgate Station and the soon-to-be-open pedestrian bridge.
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Buses directly serving the station on Day 1, unfortunately U District buses won't be able to do that until next year when trolley wire is added.
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They did two versions of this photo, with the station and the bridge in the background.
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And the moment when the giant scissors didn't actually cut the ribbon!
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Now we're walking across the John Lewis bridge! Yay for repairing the scar of I-5 in a small way.
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Gotta admit now that I have decided to pass on the speechifying in favor of riding more trains!
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And now the U District farmer's market is minutes away from Northgate and Capitol Hill!
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I see Sound Transit has added audio announcements welcoming you to the new stations, using a recorded voice that I find really unnerving.
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Northgate to Pioneer Square travel time now feels a little like time travelling.
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And a very short walk from Roosevelt Station is the splendor of Ravenna Park!
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Trains were very packed by the time they reached UW Station so I'm in Montlake hanging out with ducks.
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