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justpickituplease t1_is6k9jl wrote
I was stuck on Snoqualmie pass for 2 hours Tuesday. Not bad next to the lake 😜
Sleepy_InSeattle t1_is6l1if wrote
😂
ruhrohspaghettioh t1_is6u1ey wrote
look at that blue sky, no clouds!
Worstcase_Rider t1_is6vbuy wrote
Why are you driving kids to school? Isn't that what school busses are for?
Less traffic for everyone that way (you too).
Dr_Adequate t1_is7awjs wrote
One of the most-common complaints every city and county gets: "There's too much congestion at my kids' school! Do something about it!"
Many school districts have a seat on a bus for every child. Some require children within a certain distance (like one mile) walk to school, but the rest have a seat on a bus.
And what happens? There's a giant traffic jam of SUVs and minivans outside every school, because the parents think their child deserves better than riding the bus. Or they can't bear the idea their child walk a mile a day.
boing757 t1_is7kazc wrote
No school 'requires' a student to walk to school. Perhaps parents feel like it's a safer option to accompany their children to school.
red_medicine t1_is7kony wrote
I'm all for kids taking busses and walking but there's also a bus driver shortage.
True2this t1_is7maps wrote
Kids within a mile of the school here in King County by default don’t get a seat on the school bus. Might be able to get one in certain circumstances but the default is no seat. Source: am parent with kid who had no seat on bus
thesequimkid t1_is7pb6j wrote
It’s nearly 70 in places…
EtherPhreak t1_is7rma2 wrote
It takes less than 5 minutes for me to drive my kid to school, but the bus ride is over an hour. A stretch of the drive has a 50 MPH section, and no sidewalk, and barely any room on the white line between a guard rail. The worst part is watching other buses going back to the depot, while still waiting for my kid…
Sabishbash t1_is7rtqe wrote
Why don’t you get off your phone and shorten that gap between you and car in front of you, huh? You do understand leaving that much space creates more traffic, looks like two or three cars can fit there. THIS is a typical, unaware WA driver.
Worstcase_Rider t1_is7rvud wrote
But if it takes 5 minutes... Then you can't complain about traffic?
Dr_Adequate t1_is7rxqh wrote
Sure. And those are, I guarantee you, the same parents complaining about how traffic is so bad at their school when they go to drop off & pick up their kids.
I hear the phone calls, I read the emails.
Worstcase_Rider t1_is7s06n wrote
If you increase pay... The shortage disappears.
oldirishfart t1_is7sbae wrote
73 in Redmond rn
Claire3577 t1_is7t3w9 wrote
Okay this made me crack up
SockeyeSTI t1_is7tgsi wrote
78 in Aberdeen
charcuteriebroad t1_is7zk9e wrote
It’s the same in Pierce. I would have to walk with or drive my daughter next year since we live within a mile of the elementary school. They only run a bus for certain neighborhoods due to distance.
MurlockHolmes t1_is814x2 wrote
What a revolutionary and radical idea
Horror-Return2321 t1_is817e7 wrote
Check mate!
MurlockHolmes t1_is81dbt wrote
Same in Tacoma
Beautiful-Sleep-1414 t1_is85i26 wrote
God I miss Seattle - just not the people 🤣
HellOfAThing t1_is86nms wrote
Hmm I see a Ford Ranger, a jeep, a Chevy pickup, a Mazda, and that Sprinter-type van. But no Suburbans.
OldManJared t1_is86ywk wrote
Well played friend!!! Haha!
OakButt t1_is8737k wrote
I'd rather look at dark clouds and rain
Sleepy_InSeattle t1_is8746v wrote
REDHEADRYAN t1_is88gta wrote
Plenty of smoke though :(
ImaginaryCaramel t1_is89fx5 wrote
Finally, a sensible Washingtonian!
shinsain t1_is8aonx wrote
Thank you good human.
respectISnice t1_is8asn7 wrote
"Shorten that gap" has big "one more lane" energy
j-raydiate t1_is8atu8 wrote
OP thinks he's hilarious
Karmaluscious t1_is8b2x0 wrote
Easy, just don't go within five miles of Lynnwood city limits. I recognized this stretch of freeway and when I zoomed in I was correct haha.
OakButt t1_is8chb0 wrote
Ima be honest, I just moved here from Florida and I'm violently disappointed by this long summer 😂
KeeganUniverse t1_is8l4ji wrote
I know this post is sarcasm but I actually notice tons of amazing views off our different streets.
SeeYouInTheWind t1_is8lc47 wrote
What view?
Sabishbash t1_is8lm8r wrote
I’m going to say you don’t drive I-5 every day like I do. Especially around Lynnwood like in the picture. This behavior is infuriating. Just imagine every single car leaving gaps that big, people would never get anywhere. Stay with the flow of traffic, drive forward because the people behind you can’t move until you do. Bunch of idiots.
derkajit t1_is8mu0g wrote
no, that’s not gonna work... Let’s cut taxes on the rich instead.
Rocketgirl8097 t1_is8q746 wrote
View of what? A road and cars.
Rocketgirl8097 t1_is8qg2k wrote
They work a couple hours in the morning and a couple in the afternoon. Its essentially part time. Who wants that?
Worstcase_Rider t1_is8txa7 wrote
So... Increase pay? Or stagger school schedules so they drive all day. These problems have solutions.
angrydanger t1_is8xsdt wrote
“Capitalism hates this one weird trick!”
angrydanger t1_is8xveb wrote
That traffic could also pass for any random Sunday.
EtherPhreak t1_is92fxz wrote
Still traffic in the school parking lot, but I’m with what you are saying.
GloriaVictis101 t1_is9a7bq wrote
This post is weird.
sp00kreddit t1_is9bb31 wrote
When was this taken? Cus I was on that very bridge right about that time of day a few days ago
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lucrativetoiletsale t1_is9hynu wrote
It's a play on a Pic that a transplant posted with a random Washington road with those beautiful rolling hills with green everywhere that we take for granted.
Agreeable_Situation4 t1_isa0slv wrote
Heyyyy!! I like sarcasm
like_a_Otter_2_water t1_isa4qp3 wrote
truly it's majestic
Zero98205 t1_isa6xho wrote
It's not like we weren't warned.
E34M20 t1_isa8au3 wrote
Everett is never it...
BelligerentCoroner t1_isakzsw wrote
Oh shit, I was heading west and I saw the stopped traffic eastbound. What happened? Was it an accident or construction?
justpickituplease t1_isal3hy wrote
Construction
Worstcase_Rider t1_isaplkj wrote
The bus? You think their kids are peaaants or what?
AuntiLou OP t1_isci9y4 wrote
Around 8:30am
Rocketgirl8097 t1_isfqgwd wrote
Adjusting school schedules is not the fix. Now you have parents that have to adjust all of THEIR jobs for a handful of bus drivers. Get your city transit to run a few routes. That's what they did for awhile in Richland. Or it wouldn't kill the little darlings to walk.
SyndroveMartin t1_is6jnc1 wrote
😂 Two sides to every coin.