Another irony to this is that both this and the new university line run north and south. It is relatively easy to go north-south in Seattle, the hard part is go

Another irony to this is that both this and the new university line run north and south. It is relatively easy to go north-south in Seattle, the hard part is going east-west because of the way the hills and lakes are arranged. But for the same reasons, it is also harder to get a rail line built going east-west.