Thread: Seattle area Halloweeners... how are you going to handle traffic?

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I'm hearing nightmarish stories about the I-5 construction project, and how the DOT is encouraging people to take vacations, work from home, etc... to avoid it.

I lived across the street from my office when I lived there, because traffic was bad THEN. I can't fathom it being much worse. I would just not show up for work, I think...if my boss wouldn't give me slack.


I am really missing Seattle, though. The more time passes, the more I wish I was there. Any hope of the job market picking back up?

Originally Posted by wilbret

Seattle area Halloweeners... how are you going to handle traffic?

Easy...I haunt (err, work) from home.
It's going to be a mess, not that traffic in our area is not already a mess. Hopefully, it will push people in single-occupant vehicles to discover mass transit.

I heard that the DOT has already switched the "Welcome to Seattle" sign on I-5 to "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here".

This AM was the first major commute day (8/13) and the helicopters were saying the traffic was a breeze (as of 7am). They've set up a ton of extra infrastructure (tow trucks, adjusted light times on the alternate routes, etc.). Many companies have been in the news about allowing their employes flexible schedules. I work in Redmond and live clear out on the east side so I ain't got no trouble...

What do you do? Boeing is doing really well with their contracts though the planes will be built in (Everett?), Microsoft is adding roughly 8% to their headcount, Starbucks is still growing a bit... The housing market is slowing a little, much like everywhere else, which is good and bad.

LOVED the "Welcome Sign" idea.

I worked for RealNetworks as a Product Manager. They bought our little company from Atlanta for 276MM and moved us. (A few people got rich, we just got by) We had a 2 year guaranteed deal, and they let most of us go after 2 years. I would have stayed, but everyone was laying off then. Boeing laid of 30k, etc.. This was August 2001. I left later that year.

I can't tell you how much I miss it, and I am back where I grew up.