Regarding the July 29 letter about Link light rail, the writer’s claims of noise are absurd.

Has he ever stood anywhere near the existing central link? The thing is practically silent. A car on East Marginal Way is louder than the elevated train at that point. I’ve biked through there and, as I mostly live in Chicago where our trains shake building for a block or two sometimes, Link is nothing. It is silent, and pleasant, and smooth.

The overhead wires are hardly noticeable and the train replaces the equivalent of 4-6 much louder lanes of traffic that would eventually be needed somewhere through Bellevue if this wasn’t being built.

The writer should go visit other cities to see just how awesome Link is in comparison, and how you have it so good where you live.

Alex Francis Burchard