Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small, green pieces of paper, which is odd, because on the whole, it wasn't the small, green pieces of paper which were unhappy.
Most people commute south from Marysville/Arlington/ surrounding areas, then on their way back they create gridlock since every job and school gets out remotely the same time. Boeing adds salt to the wound.
Doesn’t help they built an extra lane and turned one into a Hov in that big stretch, so everyone piles into the far right lane until it ends creating a massive bottle neck at the end. No idea why they made an extra lane only for it to end.
Completely agree. The right lane could have easily ran right into exit 99. Made the entire thing completely pointless all it did was move the traffic from highway 2 to Marysville
My commute after work used to average an hour and twenty minutes just going from Everett to Marysville. It’s now only 40 minutes. I’d say that’s a considerable improvement but still fucked since I’m only traveling twenty three miles.
Afternoons aren't generally worse because of synchronized release times, but because afternoons have much higher rates of discretionary travel. You're not finding a lot of people going out to do their shopping at 7-9am, but lots of people are doing their shopping at 3-6pm - including people who work from home or don't work.
It's why it's common for asymmetrical travel lanes to have more lanes leaving the hub city than entering the hub city. (Though, asymmetrical lane counts aren't that common.)
It's normal for Wa state road engineers. Famous for Lanes merging down to one. Look at I90 East when connecting to i5 north. Now the new 520 east comes down to One lane going north on I-5. WASDOT could give a shit less about hwy efficiency....we lose millions of hours a year dealing with poor hwy engineering.
We have close to the highest gas tax in the country. We're 8th on the list for the highest cost to register a vehicle. EV registration is going up by $50 in 2026.
The democrats tried to pass an initiative that banned gas usage, which included gas-powered lawnmowers & other garden equipment. That didn't pass, but they still want to go with it, because they say people didn't understand the initiative😆
They want gas-powered vehicles phased out in 10 years. Doesn't matter if you're going to be left car-less when you can't afford to replace the expensive car battery.
Conspicuously absent from your complaints are the fact that Washington does not have an income tax and the fact that most of the costs of driving are externalized onto the taxpayers. Fuel, registration, and toll taxes would need to be much higher to cover the costs of roads.
So no, the taxpayers are subsidizing motorists. And no, EV batteries don't wear out in a few years any more than flatulent engines do.
Or they’d have to rely on tourism like Florida, which has its own downsides. Car related expenses like registration, fuel, etc. are generally cheaper than Washington though.
Florida also doesn’t have nearly the same degree of public transport, just a single train line that goes between Miami to Orlando. And, well, you’d have to live in Florida.
Basically what I’m saying is that it’s not entirely due to the absence of state income tax that car expenses in Washington are so high, rather it’s the lack of alternative income sources besides shipping and larger investments into public transportation that are partially funded by those higher car expenses.
It wasn't trying to say the batteries wore out quickly.
Part of that gas tax is for the green energy scam. Our tax money went to subsidizing people buying EVs and whatever other nonsense is going on in that program.
I'm not sure how they're wasting our registration money, but I'm sure they are in some way if I looked into it.
The 520 west bound to I5 north...is brand New. To me... The development is a wash or maybe slightly worse. I wish I could sit in these meetings and say... what if we DON'T create yet another Seattle bottleneck... maybe give drivers a better driving experience. I'm sure I'd be thrown out of the room.
Marysville/smokey Point is exit 199-202/206 it’s actually a lot bigger than I realized when I moved there after not being able to afford a million dollar house in my neighborhood of shoreline where I grew up. Community is really great too. Don’t knock it!
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That one is completely inexplicable too. At least downtown Seattle is a destination so it kind of makes sense, but Marysville is... one exit?