TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday updates

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6:35 AM: Good morning! No incidents on the routes through or from West Seattle so far.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME REMINDER: Saturday night/Sunday morning at 2 am, we “spring forward” an hour.

6:38 AM: Trouble on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth ferry route, just tweeted by Washington State Ferries:

The 6:40am departure from Vashon to Fauntleroy is cancelled due to a shortage of Coast Guard documented crew. Replacements are being dispatched. This will also cancel the 7:05 am departure from Fauntleroy to Vashon. The next departure from Fauntleroy to Vashon is 6:50 am. We apologize for the inconvenience. Updates will occur when more information is available.

6:48 AM: Thanks to Thomas for e-mailing about a small power outage – 15 customers (homes) in Seaview, surrounding 45th/46th/Graham. No signals on that stretch, so it shouldn’t affect traffic. He reports hearing a distant boom just before it started.

7:06 AM: Update from WSF: “The Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route will return to full service with the 7:30am departure from Vashon to Southworth.”

7:14 AM: The backup will take a while to clear – via Twitter, @SudsyMaggie says, “Line is 2+ miles long on Vashon! Past the fire station and around the corner.”

7:58 AM: We’re headed downtown for a City Hall meeting this morning and can report the bridge is moving relatively well – we’re just off it at 4th Avenue South, barely 15 minutes after leaving Upper Fauntleroy. (Updating from the passenger seat, of course.)

8:01 AM: Traffic alert downtown for tomorrow, with a local angle: The St. Patrick’s Day Parade goes down 4th Avenue at 12:30 pm, and three local schools have marching bands in it, according to the running order: Denny International Middle School, West Seattle High School, and Chief Sealth International High School.

4 Replies to "TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday updates"

  • Yo March 11, 2016 (6:57 am)

    I heard an explosion in Sieaview, around 6am.  It must’ve been a transformer.

  • JanS March 11, 2016 (8:46 am)

    nothing better than a rainy St. Patrick’s Day parade…

    • WSB March 11, 2016 (9:26 am)

      Our weather has been so capricious in recent weeks – rain, sunbreak, rain, sunbreak, rainbow, etc. – I am hopeful the parade might get a window of favorability…

  • JanS March 11, 2016 (9:30 am)

    that would be nice…like right now…sun here in Admiral

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