TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday watch; 4th day without Water Taxi

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:59 AM: Good morning! We’ve looked around and no incidents are currently reported in/from West Seattle.

WATER TAXI-LESSNESS, DAY 4: The King County Water Taxi for both West Seattle and Vashon Island continues to be out of service while its downtown dock is moved to a temporary (year and a half) location on the north side of Colman Dock. KCDOT said this could last up to a week and has not issued any formal updates; we’ll be asking today how it’s going.

STATE FERRY TASK FORCE: The Triangle Route Task Force meets today to talk about ongoing attempts to address backups at Fauntleroy. Riders say boats are continuing to leave less-than-full at peak times. The public is welcome at the meeting, 4:30-7 pm at Fauntleroy UCC (9140 California SW).

8:17 AM: SDOT reports a crash at West Marginal and SW Andover.

6 Replies to "TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday watch; 4th day without Water Taxi"

  • Lola August 10, 2017 (8:16 am)

    Traffic was backed up all the way past the bowling alley at 7:15 this morning to get out onto Fauntleroy.  What was going on?

    • WSB August 10, 2017 (8:19 am)

      Nothing scheduled or announced … and as an experiment I’ve been watching the city travelers’ map, which ostensibly shows slowdowns in traffic speeds on major arterials, and nothing was showing around then. Hope somebody knows!

    • sam-c August 10, 2017 (1:08 pm)

      Lola, I did hear on TV that there was an accident on NB I-5 right before the West Seattle Bridge, so maybe there was a ripple effect?  

      https://twitter.com/wsdot_traffic/status/895632760362024961

  • Lola August 10, 2017 (9:07 am)

    I figured something was going on to the WS bridge.  I went out 35th to get to work.  

  • Mabuhay August 10, 2017 (10:20 am)

    Anecdotally (but from years of commuting by bus, car, and water taxi), Thursday is the heaviest commute day from W Seattle. 

  • Lola August 10, 2017 (2:11 pm)

    I commute M-F every week.  I know when it backs up that something must be up.  My co-worker said it was heavy traffic when he left WS at about the same time.  I told him it was probably all the Apt. Dwellers leaving at the same time.  

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