Ahh, the old carpool lane on the right side of the road. I forgot this dynamic feature of the old 405! Certainly a beacon of excellent planning by the ever efficient WSDOT!
To be fair, it may have been feasible at the time. However, I believe that the population of King County increased dramatically in the interval between 1994-5 and 2002, which is when the HOV lanes were fully migrated over.
I stayed in Bellevue in 1996 when I visited to watch a Huskies game, and remember it like this. I came back to Seattle many times after that, but never crossed the lake. When I moved to Redmond in 2020, I got a huge shock when I saw, for the first time, how many more high-rise buildings there were in the Bellevue skyline.
from down by the airport to south 405 up through bellevue then into bothell then lynnwood, all in 40 minutes. can't do that in 2024! hahaha traffic is terrible now!
Ahh, the old carpool lane on the right side of the road. I forgot this dynamic feature of the old 405! Certainly a beacon of excellent planning by the ever efficient WSDOT!
To be fair, it may have been feasible at the time. However, I believe that the population of King County increased dramatically in the interval between 1994-5 and 2002, which is when the HOV lanes were fully migrated over.
I stayed in Bellevue in 1996 when I visited to watch a Huskies game, and remember it like this. I came back to Seattle many times after that, but never crossed the lake. When I moved to Redmond in 2020, I got a huge shock when I saw, for the first time, how many more high-rise buildings there were in the Bellevue skyline.
Great flashback to the short-lived era of the right-hand HOV lanes on I-405
Driving On WA I-405 East In 1981 (Tukwila, Renton, Bellevue, Kirkland, Bothell, Lynnwood Seattle )
Tukwila was Nintendo of America's real estate man Mario Segale's (1934-2018) hometown. It was him who the character Mario was named for.
Ccrazy how bellevue is so small aand such little traffic heading north. Ususally it's a parking lot
I sure hope that Oregon & Idaho & Alaska would be able to do something like this.
Is it also like that in the Bay Area, LA, San Diego, Sacramento, among other places in California?
I'm a year older than 1995. I was born and raised in Washington State (Vancouver).
Drivers were civilized. Not many aggressive drivers or speeders.
from down by the airport to south 405 up through bellevue then into bothell then lynnwood, all in 40 minutes. can't do that in 2024! hahaha traffic is terrible now!
Putting the carpool lanes on the right side of the freeway sure didn’t last very long.
I would love to see SR 525!
Can you post videos of Sammamish?
Almost 30 years ago.
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Take me back
Is this your last video?
Still got a few left to try to get uploaded.
@@highwayvideos3434keep going!!
15:13 I cannot see powerlines