Some businesses on Capitol Hill are reporting 15 to 20 percent more customers since the light rail station opened there.

Jennafuh Singer has seen a bump at The New York Xchange, a clothing store she runs on Broadway.

It's a niche store, drawing people from all over the city who dress in a style only she can describe accurately: “Kind of like punk meets goth meets modern overall fashion. Yeah, kind of modern overall fashion meets business goth."

Singer says The New York Xchange and another store called Panache are moving in together, even closer to the station a few doors down. Light rail gave them an excuse to do a big remodel. Singer, who has lived in Seattle for a decade, is breathless with enthusiasm for light rail.

“It's been interesting to me as a New Yorker to get to see these changes and how the city has changed," she says. "Just a little bit more of that flow and influx of people from the light rail being open."