Harger: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has never owned a car. Now she’s taking a Denny Way lane from 30,000 drivers to fix a bus route

Denny Way already crawls. Everybody who drives it knows that. If you commute into Seattle from the suburbs, you know it in your bones. Recent estimates say 30,000 vehicles a day squeeze through one of the busiest arterials in the city. I used to drive it regularly, and my escape route was always Mercer Street because Denny Way was that bad.

Now, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson wants to take a lane away from those drivers and give it to a bus.

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