Finally seeing the effects of having a more fully staffed operator roster and not canceling runs daily, as was the case early in the summer.

Additionally they are replacing some very worn out OCS from Sunset to West Portal, would be a lot of single tracking.

I remember 44 and 45 were sitting at Sunset for upwards of 20 minutes with all the westbound trains getting sent.

AFAIK it was only put in to be able to send in a rescue train for smoke/fire events in the tunnel.

The tunnel is actually the only section which is signaled for reverse running with its own route codes and they’ve done single tracking before (I’ve done it WB in the EB bore!), but that was only at night and even then it caused major delays as clearance is still given manually by control.

I believe the lot/empty field on the northwest corner of Lombard and the MAX is owned by BURA now and is planned for redevelopment: www.beavertonoregon.gov/1669/Lombard...

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Agreed, slow street barriers were effective at traffic calming, they didn’t restrict/filter the types of traffic allowed through and this diverter seems particularly concerning given both Everett’s high traffic volumes and NW 20th being the way most people (in cars and bikes) access the Fred Meyer.

I’m not referring to a slow streets barrier but the diverter on the NW 20th Greenway that was installed before the pandemic, see the picture in my reply here:

Done!