Light rail is great for those that commute into the city. The system is mostly designed to leave your car outside the city and than ride in. Why would you need dedicated car parking downtown? That defeats the purpose.

The trouble with traffic out here is it will never get better because there are so many new residents all the time. I don't think there is any easy solution that takes into account for population growth. And you have to include population growth in British Columbia because they come to Seattle in droves.

The real problem though is that Seattle is a town full of millionaires and none of them want to ride public transit. In a way I don't blame them but at the same time don't bitch about traffic and build a crazy expensive tunnel so you can drive to downtown Seattle easier. The cost of that tunnel will eclipse the costs of more public transportation but than you cant drive your SUV right into downtown in a fancy tunnel. That apparently is the American dream.