Traffic

Going about some errands which required driving, we hit a lucky patch on the freeway, but bombed going through downtown, which my mother likes to do to look at the buildings and people thronging the streets. Depending on one's mood, the experience can provoke oaths about never doing it again. Seattle's a wannabe L.A. in the gridlock department, but we're getting there. May have to reinstall the grocery baskets on my bike.
Seattle's continuing to miss the train on mass transit options, solutions, anything.