TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Tuesday 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; SDOT’s West Seattle Bridge cameras are down as of 7 am so we don’t have them so far this morning)

7:02 AM: Good morning! No incidents in/from West Seattle so far this morning. Roads are damp and temperatures are in the 40s.

7:12 AM: Looking ahead to next weekend, two notes: WSDOT is planning on another one of those major lane closures on eastbound I-90 just east of I-5, with details here; and Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 am Sunday (this is the time to “spring forward” one hour).

ADDED: Just for the record – Kevin tweeted this during the morning commute:

Ridiculous! @kcmetrobus busses have to turn right from left lane at Avalon/Spokane b/c of lane violators! Plz 🚔 @SeattlePD! @westseattleblog pic.twitter.com/R0jxc5g5JJ

— Kevin Freitas (@kevinfreitas) March 7, 2017

West Seattle Hipster March 7, 2017 (4:10 pm)

Any history of law enforcement raising revenue on the Avalon bus lane? I have seen them on the bridge, but not Avalon.

WSB March 7, 2017 (5:17 pm)

I don’t recall having heard of any lately, but that doesn’t mean none happened … and SPD Blotter doesn’t send out those lists of “aggressive driver response team” results any more. BUT someone just e-mailed to say that, at least as of just after 4:30, police were out on Admiral Way hill north of the bridge …

Dave March 7, 2017 (6:03 pm)

Wish SPD would enforce the bus lane on Avalon and down Spokane and then up on the bridge itself. It’s a joke right now. SPD would rather catch speeders on Admiral Hill? I have made a lot of requests over the years for bus lane enforcement so it’s not that someone is requesting Admiral Hill and no one is requsting the bus lane.

Dave March 7, 2017 (6:07 pm)

I wish buses would stop running red lights, especially when turning left from Avalon to southbound 35th. As a bonus, cars behind buses follow too close and don’t realize the light is red, further delaying those trying to head east in the 1 lane between KFC and Taco Time. Horrible intersection that I avoid and I have tried to work with SDOT on it.

Paul March 7, 2017 (9:37 pm)

I was driving down Avalon today in order to get to marginal way s. I was in the left lane (as I was supposed to be) and tried to get into the turn lane onto Spokane. One of the drivers who rode the bus lane for a quarter of a mile refused to let me in, cursed me out, and gave me the finger. Bold moves for a person who had just spent the past 10 minutes committing one long, slow moving violation.

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