TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Updates/alerts for your Monday

(WS high/low bridges and Highway 99 views; more cams on the WSB Traffic page)
The week is off to a showery start. Some notes while we watch the roads:

METRO SERVICE CHANGE NEXT SATURDAY: Two West Seattle routes have non-WS changes taking effect when Metro’s next “service change” happens on Saturday (February 14th). Full details in the story we published over the weekend. (Clarification: While the “service change” announcement includes the new fares – 25-cent increase for most, plus launch of the new ORCA LIFT fare – they don’t take effect until March 1st.)

HIGHWAY 99 PROJECT UPDATE: WSDOT will brief the City Council again this morning on the Highway 99 project, during the council’s 9:30 am session. Here’s the WSDOT slide deck that’s linked from the agenda, with some general updates, but perhaps of more interest is another slide deck, this one from SDOT, with information on how the city is independently monitoring the settlement situation, and toplines on plans in place in case the Viaduct has to be shut down at any point.

9:10 AM: Some breakdown woes on 99 this morning, per commenters (thank you!). These don’t always turn up on the 911 log or traffic tweets, so – when you can report safely/legally – tips are always appreciated.

Azimuth February 9, 2015 (8:53 am)

Breakdown on 99 north not helping

WSB February 9, 2015 (8:57 am)

You’re the first word of that, at least in the various sources we monitor. Location?

WSLiz February 9, 2015 (9:07 am)

I saw two stalled cars on my way to work on 99N: one in the left lane about even with the Starbucks building and one in the exit lane for Western (so there was a line of cars, then they all got out of the line and went around the car to form a new line). Kind of a mess but hopefully they are clear by now (or soon).

Azimuth February 9, 2015 (9:09 am)

The breakdown was in the left lane about a half mile north of the Spokane at viaduct. There was also a fender bender at the Western Ave exit that doesn’t seem to be impacting traffic much.

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