TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Rainy Thursday

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:58 AM: Good morning! The rain is the big factor in your commute today. No incidents reported so far in West Seattle or headed outbound from here.

1ST AVENUE SOUTH BRIDGE ALERT: For this coming Saturday morning, an alert from WSDOT:

Drivers heading into Seattle via northbound State Route 99 should plan for delays on Saturday morning, June 10.

Washington State Department of Transportation bridge maintenance crews will close the two right lanes of northbound SR 99 on the 1st Avenue South Bridge from 5:30 to 11:30 a.m. for bridge deck repair work.

7:11 AM: Just tweeted/texted by Metro:

Transit Alert – Route 56 to downtown Seattle due to leave 61st Av SW & Alki Av SW at 7:36 AM will not operate this morning.

— King County Metro (@kcmetrobus) June 8, 2017

8:11 AM: Still no incidents but local traffic-watchers report it’s slow everywhere.

8:46 AM: Police and one SFD engine are headed to a two-vehicle crash reported at 16th SW and SW Cloverdale.

8:50 AM: The crash is reported to be blocking 16th southbound.

9:24 AM: One more transit note texted and tweeted by Metro (this route goes through White Center and Olson/Myers among other area stops):

Transit Alert – The last Rt 113 to downtown Seattle due to leave Shorewood at 8:12 AM is operating over 50 minutes late this morning.

— King County Metro (@kcmetrobus) June 8, 2017

New Thinking Needed June 8, 2017 (7:26 pm)

Olson Pl SW and Myers Way S intersection is a mess with a really short green light for those coming down Olson Pl. It takes 10 minutes to travel from 5th Ave SW & Roxbury to pass through this intersection about 7:40 to 8:00 when I pass through! SDOT has made a terrible mistake in shortening the green light for those on Olson Pl SW. My route is through South Park and now I am taking a detour through Top Hat so I can fly down Myers Way! There is no obstruction at that intersection or on the ramp to 509 – just the darn short green light. I already wrote 2 requests to Report a Problem for SDOT but I will try the phone # WSB mentioned. And I will also e-mail them 684-Road@seattle.gov –