167 closed, flooding, massive traffic all around I-5, 509, 99 coming from the south. At 7am the commute time from Federal Way to Tukwila was over an hour.
Status of Park and Rides at 9am:
Star lake park and ride, with 1000 spots is about 30% occupied. Kent Des Moines with 500 is about 50% on the bottom level, top three levels are empty. Angle Lake- top two levels are empty. Unsure of Federal Way, which is another 1100 spots.
Are people just using buses instead of driving to get to the light rail? Not sure, but there are about 8 people in each can right now that I can see, this is before SeaTac.
You would think this would be the time to switch to the train…
Edit: a lot of personal stories in the comments about why people can’t use transit. Here’s what I’m saying:
I’m sitting on the light rail looking out at all the traffic on I-5 going all the way to downtown. I get off the light rail and there are lines of cars driving through downtown to get to parking. Any one of those people could have pulled off, parked at one of the empty park and rides, and not been in traffic either way, but even just 10% of them won’t do it.
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