Third Avenue needs a new brand, 'champions' and better lighting, report says

The Urban Land Institute's Northwest chapter is out with a panel's report on what can be done about Third Avenue in downtown Seattle.

Before the pandemic, the corridor carried around 52,000 transit riders and over 290 buses per peak hour — more than and other transit-dedicated street in North America, according to the report. Third Avenue remains a busy corridor and with the 2026 FIFA World Cup looming, there's an urgency to fix things pronto.

At the request of the city and Downtown Seattle Association, ULI convened 10 public- and private-sector leaders, including commercial real estate executives. Over the course of several days the panelists toured the avenue and talked to over 30 people with vested interests in the corridor's future.

Among other things, the group was tasked with crafting a vision for Third Avenue. The resulting vision calls for Third to be "a welcoming front door to our City ... (that will be) safe, well-lit, attractive and characterized by unique transit nodes and multimodal connections."

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Does that street still have transients camped on it?

The only time I go downtown is for Seahawks games and I take the Link light rail which runs subway for that stretch.