Critics of Sound Move's Link Light Rail project complain that no other alternatives were looked at when planning our regional transit system. For large projects such as these, preliminary high level studies are always undertaken to allow decision makers to select a preferred alternative to continue the detailed design and engineering studies on.

If you are an ordinary citizen, a visit to the public library is a great place to start, and the Seattle Public Library contains a plethora of books on these subjects, along with copies of the actual studies done in the Puget Sound Region. These studies have been available for years.

Sound Transit has made the 1990 technology assessment documents available on-line here.

Hard copies are available at Sound Transit's Information Center in Union Station at 401 S. Jackson St. in downtown Seattle.

The I-405 Corridor Program has a partial copy of the 1992 Eastside Commuter Rail Feasibility Study on-line here.