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The final extension to Sea-Tac in the first link in Seattle’s light rail system will be open by ‘the end of the year,’ Sound Transit says. Even without the last rail miles completed, Seattlest shows us how to get to the airport via light rail from Capitol Hill:

Instead of mimicking Seattle’s big-time media outlet, which spent the new light rail’s first in-service day counting parking slots in Tukwila and heads on trains, we decided to give the new line a practical test. Our goal: to get from Capitol Hill to SeaTac (and back).

The route:

• The 10 bus to Westlake (4 min.),
• A light rail ride from Westlake Center to Tukwila (34 min.)
• A shuttle bus from the Tukwila station to the airport (9 min.)

Not bad. Of course, Seattlest left out our biggest travel downfall — packing (8 hours). Fortunately, there’s still brand new Neighborlogs Seattle network sponsor STITA Taxi when we’re late.

For more on taking light rail to the airport, see No airport express for light rail from earlier this year.