Prior to congestion pricing in Manhattan, traffic on really bad days moved at around 4mph. SDOT is trying to claim that the delay from bus lanes would cause traffic on this street to move at around 2mph. How would that work exactly?
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Like just a gut check here, if the worst most congested streets in the US are 4mph, how is it reasonable to believe that drivers in Seattle, with a plethora of other options, would choose to drive 2mph on Denny instead of using another route?
aug 29, 2025, 1:52 am • 3 0 • view
This is all before considering the specific traffic environment here. The traffic is caused by drivers driving in two lanes and then funneling down to one I-5 on-ramp lane. Moving this bottleneck back down Denny would probably improve traffic flow for drivers. bsky.app/profile/nick...
aug 29, 2025, 1:58 am • 2 0 • view
All points we’ve shared with them. Their strategy is to do mode shift first to decrease congestion then paint a bus lane. Then all their models assume mode shift can’t happen!
aug 29, 2025, 2:02 am • 4 0 • view
Yeah, I mean I'll say that having dealt with SDOT and Parks on LWB stuff I've come to believe that any time they are deflecting on stuff it's because Bruce Harrell made a decision and the staff are being forced to justify it.
aug 29, 2025, 2:09 am • 5 0 • view
I didn’t get that vibe. It seemed like the director was behind this. But I would not be surprised if I were wrong
aug 29, 2025, 2:51 am • 0 0 • view
IMO that's the same thing. Adiam is Bruce Harrell's director, she serves at the pleasure of the mayor, she's not making a choice he disagrees with.
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