All a circuit board! Tech engineer tracks trains, ferries and more in real time with a post-layoff project

Seattle Transit Live, a circuit board map of Seattle-area trains, ferries and more. (Michael Benedict Photo) When Sound Transit opened the light rail 2 Line across Lake Washington in March, software engineer Michael Benedict built a custom gift to mark the milestone for his transit-fanatic wife: a circuit board map of Seattle with tiny lights depicting moving trains. Today, that personal birthday project has evolved into Seattle Transit Live , an interactive LED map that tracks Puget Sound-area