TRAFFIC, TRANSIT, WEATHER: Friday watch

(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)

7:11 AM: Good morning! No traffic incidents so far in/from West Seattle.

If you’re using the Vashon ferry dock, Washington State Ferries has the latest on the effects of yesterday’s nearby slide.

Weather: The National Weather Service’s Wind Advisory for the area is now in effect, through 3 pm.

Transit: A cancellation announced by Metro:

Transit Alert – Route 57 to downtown Seattle due to leave the Alaska Junction at 7:06 AM will not operate this morning.

— King County Metro (@kcmetrobus) February 10, 2017

7:17 AM: And another cancellation:

Transit Alert – Route 56 to downtown Seattle due to leave Alki at 7:23 AM will not operate this morning.

— King County Metro (@kcmetrobus) February 10, 2017

newnative February 10, 2017 (7:18 am)

And now the 56 at 7:23 also cancelled.

Mike February 10, 2017 (9:55 am)

Why did Metro cancel the 56 & 57 this morning?

Ric February 10, 2017 (10:05 am)

Because they could?
West Seattle since 1979 February 10, 2017 (10:27 am)

Usually it’s because they didn’t have enough drivers. Maybe some people called in sick?

East Coast Cynic February 10, 2017 (2:56 pm)

These cancellations have been much more common over the last year and a half. Is this is a case of drivers getting burned out over increasingly difficult driving conditions? Is this a protest sickout over working conditions? Is it lack of back-up drivers due to the cut in transit funds from the Eyman initiative many years ago?

flimflam February 10, 2017 (4:20 pm)

maybe i’m remembering wrong, but I thought metro said there would be routes cut, chaos, etc if we didn’t approve a transit levy some time ago. it was approved.