The Secret Power of Light Rail

Redevelopment along Seattle's Martin Luther King Way has begun a full year in advance of the new light rail line that will be running up the valley. This area is in dire need of I would consider the "Secret Power of Light Rail" - the ability to take a tired neighborhood and stimulate it into the 21st Century. Ironically 60 years ago a light rail / interurban system was considered "outdated." Buses were the way. Leapfrog to 2008; you want to ride a Metro bus up MLK? No thanks...

Opponents to this line - and the money spent on light rail through the valley - don't understand this point. Thing is, developers do understand this point and are willing to pour money into the area because of this vision.