"We've got two streetcar lines today that don't connect and a gap in the middle," said Jon Scholes, President and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association. "We know that filling that gap, we will have 20,000 riders a day and about six million riders a year on that line. And we know streetcars work. This is not a new invention … we used to have dozens of them in the city and then we ripped them up. It's an efficient way to move people around our city. We are hopeful that this project moves forward."