On a sunny Thursday afternoon earlier this month, more than 200 Seattle bus advocates raced King County Metro’s Route 8 on foot, some dancing, juggling, or hopscotching along the way. Despite their multitasking, most of them beat the notoriously slow bus rather easily. Advocates hope the event can spur the City of Seattle to install bus lanes and other route improvements to speed up the 8 through the troublesome bottleneck along Denny Way.
Organizers called their July 10 event “Race The L8.” Most of the participants completed the half-mile route in just over 16 minutes, traversing from Denny Way from Dexter Avenue to Stewart Street. The Route 8 bus, meanwhile, took 22 minutes to travel the half-mile stretch, averaging 1.4 miles per hour.
