On Wednesday I reported that southbound routes that use the busway were going to be re-routed beginning Monday. It turns out that isn’t accurate; perhaps Metro was able to push back based on the extremely short time available to notify people.
According to this news release, There will be isolated instances of stops closing on 1st Avenue South beginning Monday, but the big 4th Ave and Busway reroute will not occur until Monday, March 2. Whether my source had it wrong or the plan changed, it’s a much better way to do things.
The specifics of the reroute are listed here.
On a related note, northbound 590-series lakewood-tacoma-seattle expresses seem to be on detour due to the construction on the interstate. I don’t know whether the driver was supposed to or not, but we detoured off I-5 at route 900/MLK, crossed over the railroad tracks and proceeded north on airport way. This detour avoided a pretty ugly traffic jam, and we got the tour of georgetown and sodo, eventually re-joining the route at Spokane st. and on top of all that, the bus wasn’t late.