I’m writing to induce Sound Transit and regional leaders to persistently discuss with our mild rail system as The Hyperlink, reasonably than the generic phrase “the sunshine rail.”
Hyperlink is the official title of our system, and utilizing it issues. Each main metropolitan space offers its rail system a particular title that builds recognition and civic pleasure: San Francisco has BART, Chicago the L, Boston the T, Washington, D.C. Metro, Portland MAX and Los Angeles Metro Rail. These names sign permanence and identification. Seattle’s system deserves the identical readability and confidence.
Referring to our system merely as “the sunshine rail” makes it sound provisional. The Hyperlink is its correct title and displays continuity and regional development.
Clear Hyperlink signage at stations and constant use in communications would give the system the identification it deserves.
Judith MacMillan, Bellevue
