Other options such as a second downtown station are also being studied to meet future demand.

Each station along every route has been placed in a specific zone based on its distance from its respective downtown station.

Four blocks with a concentration of restaurants, cafes, and shops extend south from the downtown station.

Construction of the new downtown station was expected to begin in 2007 and officials estimated the station would be completed in 2007 or 2008.

When a fire call was telephoned into the downtown station, the personnel at the substation could listen in on their own extension and respond when necessary.