Increased security and new escalators aren't the improvements the transit agency has planned.
Increased security isn’t the only improvement Sound Transit has planned.
Station agents will be introduced at the Northgate and Westlake stations as part of a 1-year pilot program. A station agent has been at the SeaTac/Airport station for several years and at Sounder Stations since that service started. The agents will cover stations 16 hours a day, answering questions, giving directions and helping riders as needed.New garbage cans and more frequent power washing at the platform level of downtown Seattle tunnel stations.Downtown Seattle stations will be checked for people who may need to be connected to resources.
New seating made with materials that are easier to clean and more durable will be tested on 1 Line Link trains, which serve 19 stations from Northgate to Angle Lake.Last but not least, Timm said the transit agency is working on keeping elevators and escalators in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel up and running.KIRO 7 covered the issue last monthEven if mobility isn’t an issue, some riders are worried about safety while in the secluded staircases.
Sound Transit has a multimillion-dollar program to replace the aging escalators and elevators, but that won’t happen overnight. The procurement process to start modernizing escalators will begin this year, but the work, which is planned to start at the International District station, won’t begin until early next year.
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