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  • “The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is in the midst of repairing and resurfacing the I-5 upper bridge deck — replacing aging concrete and expansion joints, improving drainage, and addressing other long-deferred maintenance. With this work has come gridlock, heightened driver stress and aggression, and a collective “grit and bear it” approach to traveling in and through Seattle.

    “The impacts are everywhere. Travel times on I-5 north and south have ballooned. City streets are clogged with drivers inching toward on-ramps. And that congestion is spilling over into increasingly unhinged motorist behavior: racing through residential neighborhoods, driving into oncoming lanes, forcing their way into the front of lines, running red lights, and speeding to claw back lost time.

    “But did it have to be this way?

    “Seattleites overwhelmingly support policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce traffic violence, and lessen our dependence on cars. The multi-year maintenance project known as Revive I-5 should have been a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shift trips away from single-occupancy vehicles and toward transit, walking, rolling, and biking.”




















  • “Scarecrow’s archive contains nearly 155,000 titles—seven times more than all major streaming services combined—many of which will never be available to stream digitally. These films represent 138 countries and 126 languages and include vital works by BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, women and international filmmakers, preserving cinematic voices that might otherwise be marginalized or disappear entirely. Each year, Scarecrow serves over 60,000 patrons through its library, reaches tens-of-thousands more through free public programming across the region and connects audiences nationwide through its expanding rent-by-mail service.”