WSDOT today introduced their new “Seattle Area Traffic Website” in a soft launch. Quoting from the news article on wsdot’s website,

The new beta test site can be found at http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/seattle It will replace the currently active site. The current site can be found at http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/pugetsoundtraffic/ for comparison purposes.

Note the little news box thingy that reminds you that

WSDOT maintenance crews will close the Alaskan Way Viaduct for its semiannual inspection September 25 and 26.
The viaduct will close Saturday, September 25 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and again Sunday, September 26 from 6 a.m. to noon.
The closure will extend from Spokane Street through the Battery Street Tunnel.

While the article does state that “WSDOT workers will reopen the viaduct at noon on Sunday, September 26 to accommodate 65,000 extra travelers headed to the 1 p.m. Seahawks game” I’d be curious to know if that’ll do any good at that late time. I mean, I’m no football fan or anything but don’t people like to get to these things early so they can cook out of the backs of their cars? Just a thought.
Another thought: looking at their new beta test site, and comparing it to their old “current site” I have to say, I find their old site very very unfamiliar-looking. Seems to me the current map is missing a bunch (like, ALL) of those little camera icons. The very same ones that are on the new beta site, as a matter of fact. Did someone over there get the two websites mixed up or something? Oh well. I’ll just wait to see which site they take down.