![]() ![]() " Third Avenue and the downtown stations are going to continue to be places where people are passing through." "We're spending $50 billion on public transit, and all trains lead to downtown Seattle," said Jon Scholes, president and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association. Major League Baseball's All-Star Game will arrive in Sodo this July, then World Cup soccer in 2026. The importance of quality stations will increase when extensions to Lynnwood, Bellevue, Redmond and Federal Way open in 20 and carry new riders downtown. Two weeks ago a crew power-washed the dank south staircase at University Street Station. New "station agents" stand inside Westlake Station (and Northgate Station) to assist transit customers. Mechanics rewired a flooded International District/ Chinatown escalator March 6, and parts are on order to restart it in the next few months. "This is keenly seen and felt by the decreased security presence on our system and the increased presence of drug use and unsanitary conditions on our trains, buses and platforms." "Both the very real, as well as the perceived level of safety and security on our system, has not lived up to our value, or our commitment to our riders," Timm told a transit board committee March 2, while announcing a few immediate steps. ![]() ![]() It could take an entire decade, however, to complete a full capital improvement program to reverse years of decline in the 33-year-old tunnel - with new escalators, ventilation, safety technology and architectural repairs - for costs likely exceeding $200 million. ![]()
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