Quality protest, well done.
I was thinking the same. There could have been a dozen ways to annoy commuters or bus drivers (or, doG forbid, car drivers), but they came up with this.
SDOT posted a response to this protest.
https://sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/08/28/route-8-updates-supporting-reliable-travel/
Basically, their justification for not listening to the community boils down to, “but it will slow down car traffic!”
They completely ignored the fact that reliable public transit and cycling/walking infrastructure are basically the only ways to reduce car traffic, by getting drivers out of their cars and into the far more efficient options.
That’s not quite what they said. They said it’ll cause congestion at the entry to the bus lane, preventing the bus from entering the extended bus lane in the first place, rendering its presence kinda moot. And buses would still suffer congestion at intersections with cross streets (which, to me, feels like the perfect use case for a box junction, but I don’t know the area)
It also inadvertently reveals that practically anything is faster than driving in the city too
The L8 Bus
Perfect!
