On Tuesday, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) finished installing red paint on bus only lanes through the Battery Street corridor. The red paint is meant to clarify the fact that the lanes are bus only and better deter motorists. The city plans to step up enforcement of this traffic law as well. SDOT traffic engineer Dongho Chang captured the work on Twitter.
Crews working on bus reliability on 3rd ave and battery st pic.twitter.com/iroMhW9XXA
— Dongho Chang (@dongho_chang) October 19, 2014
Finishing touches being applied pic.twitter.com/eJn16ZQtt0 — Dongho Chang (@dongho_chang) October 21, 2014
Completed marking pic.twitter.com/5zizkphpO7
— Dongho Chang (@dongho_chang) October 21, 2014
When asked about the work, transportation director Scott Kubly said that the city had its “focus on using the roadways as efficiently as we can.”
Owen Pickford
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