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Chokepoints
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White River Amphitheater’s new schedule could make traffic worse
Chris Sullivan | September 25, 2014 6:17 amImagine leaving your home for a quick trip to the store, only to be stuck in a five hour back-up just to get home. It… -
Panhandlers slow down on, off-ramp traffic, but is it illegal?
Chris Sullivan | September 19, 2014 7:27 amPanhandlers seem to be at every freeway off-ramp and at every busy intersection around Puget Sound, but do they contribute to congestion? -
Drivers who don’t know how to ‘zipper merge’ are creating freeway chokepoints
Chris Sullivan | September 17, 2014 6:45 amAsk anyone who didn't grow up in Washington about drivers in this state, and you will hear an all-too-familiar theme. "People here don't know how… -
Drivers on I-90 slam on the brakes as they approach Highway 18
Chris Sullivan | September 12, 2014 7:05 amTransitioning from 70 miles an hour to a dead stop is never a good situation, but that's what drivers routinely have to deal with on… -
Major I-5 closure to hit drivers with weekend plans; 14-mile backups expected
Chris Sullivan | September 10, 2014 6:39 amOne of the South Sound's biggest chokepoints is going to be even worse over the next two weekends as the state performs major surgery on… -
I-5 express lanes aren’t necessarily speeding up Seattle commute
Chris Sullivan | September 8, 2014 5:52 amFor this discussion, we're focusing on I-5 south where drivers go under the Washington State Convention Center and pop out on the other side. The… -
Snohomish County has no plan to relieve chokepoint on 164th
Chris Sullivan | August 27, 2014 8:44 amIt's one of the worst spots in south Snohomish County and it's only going to get worse with development. We're talking 164th between Lynnwood and… -
Left-lane camping, drivers’ bad behavior often a source of chokepoints
Chris Sullivan | August 18, 2014 6:24 amThere are chokepoints on the roads caused by our geography. There are chokepoints caused by our population growth. But there are also chokepoints caused by… -
Booming population growth creates headaches on I-5 between Everett, Marysville
Chris Sullivan | August 13, 2014 5:58 amPeople driving north out of Everett to Marysville know this chokepoint. I-5 completely bogs-down there everyday for no apparent reason. There are no on-ramps, just… -
Relief is on the way for drivers in constant congestion on SR 167
Chris Sullivan | August 11, 2014 5:57 amIt is one of the worst spots in all of Puget Sound. Highway 167 in both directions is a nightmare almost all day.