TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday updates & holiday previews

(Four WS-relevant views; more cams on the WSB Traffic page)
Nothing out of the ordinary in/from West Seattle so far this morning. We’ll be adding some holiday-weekend reminders while watching the commute.

ADDED 7:08 AM – MEMORIAL DAY TRANSIT NOTES: These are for **Monday** – Metro will be on its Sunday schedule; the West Seattle Water Taxi will also be on a Sunday schedule; and so will Sound Transit Route 560. The Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth Washington State Ferries route will be on its regular weekday schedule.

ADDED 7:29 AM – TRAFFIC THROWBACK THURSDAY: This week’s view – from the Seattle Municipal Archives – is an example of how some things don’t change, much:


From November 1960, that photo looks east across Fauntleroy Way from the Fauntleroy ferry dock. The photo apparently was taken for reasons involving landscaping in the bus-stop area. (Click the image to go to the page with the largest view.)

ADDED 8:05 AM – ADMIRAL WAY MEETING TONIGHT: Tonight is the first (and likely only) standalone meeting about the Admiral Way Safety Project, which SDOT has presented to the Admiral Neighborhood Association (WSB coverage here) and Southwest District Council (WSB coverage here). Here’s the flyer, which also includes project details:

It’s an “open house” style meeting, 6 pm at Alki Elementary (3010 59th SW), with a presentation at 6:30 pm.

6 Replies to "TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday updates & holiday previews"

  • gina May 21, 2015 (8:19 am)

    The ferry road just as I remember. Wonder what ferry was on the run that day. I remember one that vibrated so much that my teeth buzzed. Always a fun start for trips to Never-Never Land and the Point Defiance park. It was a more relaxed trip than the land route.

  • sam-c May 21, 2015 (11:06 am)

    Is that haz mat spill causing traffic issues or closures?

    • WSB May 21, 2015 (11:14 am)

      I don’t know. We’ve been in transit and didn’t hear about it until two minutes ago, and it’s been open for 25 minutes. None of the public-safety agencies are tweeting about it so I suspect it’s not big (reminder: even if only one unit remains on the call, the entirety of the initial response shows green/open until that last unit is called off). But I’m calling SFD to see.

  • sam-c May 21, 2015 (11:19 am)

    Oh, i can see on your SDOT camera feed. looks like there are a bunch of SFD vehicles in the middle of the Chelan/ W. Marginal 5 streets intersection.

    • WSB May 21, 2015 (11:26 am)

      That’s the address I included above. Now they’ve put tape up across the street so we’re en route to find out more.

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