TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Tuesday updates and alerts

(Four WS-relevant views; more cams on the WSB Traffic page)
7:22 AM: After a quiet night, it’s routine on the traffic front this morning, in this area, so far.

ADDED 7:47 AM – DELRIDGE/HIGHLAND PARK GREENWAY UPDATE: Construction update from SDOT includes these key points:

… on the west side of 21st Ave SW between 22nd Ave SW and SW Dawson St, SDOT will prepare the sidewalk for widening. Temporary lane restrictions will be in effect, and flaggers will be stationed at either end of the work zone to direct traffic during work hours, 7 AM to 7 PM. Bus zones will not be affected.

This work will take 5-7 days to complete. Crews will return in two weeks to pour asphalt. Throughout this period, SDOT crews will also install speed humps on 21st Ave SW between 22nd Ave SW and SW Dawson St.

The installation of a new storm drain just north of where 22nd Ave SW merges with 21st Ave SW is now complete.

Crew will also begin installing curb ramps, curb extensions, a new crosswalk and a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) just south of where 22nd Ave SW merges with 21st Ave SW. An RRFB is a pedestrian – or bicycle – activated crossing signal that uses irregular flashes to alert drivers that a person is entering the crosswalk.

RRFBs are already up in several other West Seattle spots, from California/Dakota to the Boren school zone on Delridge.

8:46 AM: An SFD engine is headed to an aid call (low-level medical response) at 8th and Roxbury. We’re checking on traffic effects. (Update – NOT a traffic situation; somebody is being tended to on a bus bench.)

5 Replies to "TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Tuesday updates and alerts"

  • Koni October 20, 2015 (7:44 am)

    LOTS of bus lane violators today!

  • Gus October 20, 2015 (7:55 am)

    What!? The red paint isn’t working!?

  • Sue October 20, 2015 (8:17 am)

    Agreed, Koni. Our bus had to stop short several times (making people practically fall over) because of people who felt that they should not only be in the bus lane, but cut us off last minute. Idiots.

  • beef October 20, 2015 (8:46 am)

    i am still not sold on that light at 15th and Holden in regards to the greenway plan.

    you have a new light at 15th & holden, the fire signal, then the mess at 16th & holden.

  • blue October 20, 2015 (7:30 pm)

    Ya my bus got! Elijahblue

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