In December ’07, SW’s Aimee Curl got her John Henry on and challenged the purple SLUT to a race. Being human, she was more susceptible than her adversary to the cold weather and, sadly, the SLUT got the better of her.But if this whole Mercer revamp goes through (the city might instead simply bury the treasure in Paul Allen’s backyard, as that’s shovel-ready and therefore stimulus-eligible), the SLUT will no longer be able to turn red lights green, and will thus be “several minutes” slower. (Nor will it have its own dedicated lane, of course.)Bad news for SLUT riders, but good news for Aimee.