(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
(Click any view for a close-up; more cameras on the WSB Traffic page)
6:59 AM: Good morning! The rain’s back. No incidents reported right now in/from West Seattle.
Reminders/notes:
SCHOOL’S OUT EARLY: 2-hour early dismissal for Seattle Public Schools today.
FERRY MEETING TOMORROW: If you use the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route, your chance to talk with Washington State Ferries about problems/solutions is 5-6:30 pm Thursday at The Hall at Fauntleroy (9131 California SW).
WEST SEATTLE WATER TAXI: This is the last week of 7-day operation – the weekday-only schedule starts Monday (Halloween). Meanwhile, the WSWT will be on an extended schedule Thursday night because of the Sounders FC playoff match.
NEW METRO BOSS: Rob Gannon, who has been interim general manager of Metro Transit since March, is now its official GM.
HARVEST FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY: The Junction’s Sunday road-closure pattern will be expanded on Sunday (October 30th) because of the West Seattle Junction Harvest Festival, 10 am-2 pm – closer to the Summer Fest footprint, with California closed to motorized-vehicle traffic between Edmunds and Oregon, and SW Alaska closed between 44th and 42nd. Look for an updated preview later today.
7:17 AM: SDOT’s traffic center reports a crash at Myers Way and 1st Ave. S., at the east end of the Roxbury corridor.
7:35 AM: Texter reports a fenderbender on the EB high bridge. No SFD dispatch.
8 AM: SDOT says it’s a stall in the center lane.
8:20 AM: Bridge incident is clear.
8:30 AM: Crash blocking right lane in NB Battery St Tunnel.
8:39 AM: And SDOT says that has cleared.
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