TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday watch

(Click any view for a close-up; more cameras on the WSB Traffic page)

6:35 AM: Happy Friday! Just checked; no incidents in our area or on outbound routes, so far.

6:53 AM: Metro reminds us via Twitter that this is Transit Driver Appreciation Day.

7:15 AM: We mentioned earlier this week that some high-profile campaigning is planned here in the week ahead, with the Democratic caucuses coming up one week from tomorrow (March 26th), and that tends to mean potential traffic effects. Last night, the Bernie Sanders campaign announced he’s headed this way, for a Sunday (March 20th) rally at KeyArena. Hillary Clinton is coming to the area Tuesday but has only announced a private fundraiser in Medina. And Vice President Joe Biden is due here Monday, with stops reported to include a Sen. Patty Murray fundraiser and a visit to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Rick Sanchez March 18, 2016 (7:37 am)

Semi is broken down at the top of the ramp from 4th South to 5/90. Cops have it blocked off.

WSB March 18, 2016 (7:43 am)

Thanks. Before I could even add that – it was cleared!

https://twitter.com/wsdot_traffic/status/710838866014416896

JanS March 18, 2016 (6:02 pm)

so…Hillary is going to Medina, not Seattle…when is the last time a presidential candidate came to West Seattle for a campaign stop? Follow the money, I suppose. The other candidate, Bernie Sanders, is going to where the people in Seattle actually are…

would simply love to see Joe Biden, though…

when do we get Trump and Cruz? (shudder)

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