October 17

Confirmation: The Mercer Mess is… still a mess

Local News, Traffic

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How long does it take to get through Taylor & Mercer? Forever!
Taylor & Mercer gridlock at 3pm…

Today, the Puget Sound Business Journal published an article on the Mercer Mess. Not the old Mercer Mess, but rather the current Mercer Mess. After spending $74 million for improvements to the Mercer corridor, data from TomTom shows that Mercer traffic is no better than it was two years ago.

According to PSBJ:

“Peak morning congestion, between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m., on the 1.74-mile stretch of Mercer Street from Elliott Avenue to Interstate 5 has improved by two seconds since 2014, according to TomTom data.”

The City plans to spend $1 million to improve the light timing on Mercer, but according to KIRO, the City “acknowledged that would not speed up commute times” – so don’t expect any improvements anytime soon…


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Mercer, Mercer Corridor, Mercer Mess


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