Ballard alone would add 60,000 daily riders. It has more rider potential than the rest of the spine that was approved, and all of Ballard overwhelming voted for and paid into the system that is refusing to serve them.

What ballard and the whole line needs is a shift in process and methodology:

https://www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-reconnect-and-automate-ballard-to-west-seattle-rail-to-save-st3/