Michael Lindblom

Seattle

Transportation Reporter at Seattle Times

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Articles

Rust and cracks close a bridge to Mount Rainier

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. In the state’s latest symptom of inadequate road maintenance, growing bridge cracks have caused an emergency shutdown of Highway 165 approaching Mount Rainier National Park.
Dow Constantine’s $450K Sound Transit CEO contract gives chances for raises

4 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. King County Executive Dow Constantine will move six blocks to take over as CEO of Sound Transit on Tuesday for a starting annual salary of $450,000, with plenty of room to make more.
Amtrak Cascades train trips substituted for bus rides while 26 railcars undergo repairs

4 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Kai Uyehara |Michael Lindblom

Round trip train service via Amtrak Cascades is down to just one train set in the Pacific Northwest, affecting nearly all daily service to its 18 stops between Eugene, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C.Amtrak discovered corrosion on a number of its Horizon railcars across the country during a routine inspection, the company reported Wednesday. Service on its Downeaster, Hiawatha, Borealis and Cascades routes will be impacted as the cars undergo repairs.
Mechanical issue causes light rail delays on Sound Transit’s 1 line

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom

Despite a few recent fixes to Sound Transit’s unsteady 1 Line, customers had to cope with a pair of mechanical breakdowns mid-day Monday, one of which caused delays of 40 minutes to Lynnwood and 20-minute delays heading to Angle Lake, based on rider alerts. The agency mentioned a mechanical issue at 11:49 a.m. Monday, which turned out to be a “brake system fault” that caused one train to stall.
Life in the tower: Who controls Seattle’s drawbridges?

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. Before he parts the steel decks of the Fremont Bridge, drawspan operator Jared Hickman rises from his control-tower chair to pace the blustery catwalk. He glances north toward clumps of traffic to let Metro buses across at the last moment.
Watch out for weekend lane closures on I-5, I-405, I-90 and Highway 99

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. Drivers in King County will encounter temporary lane shutdowns this weekend at five spots, the busiest of which will be southbound Interstate 5 approaching downtown Seattle.
King County Metro unveils latest idea for keeping bus drivers safer

2 months ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. If you ride King County Metro buses, you’ve seen them: the clear plastic gates known as “sneeze guards,” that swing between the driver and the front door.
Here’s when two Redmond light rail stations will open this spring

2 months ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. REDMOND — Sound Transit’s next two light rail stations, at Marymoor Village and in downtown Redmond, will open May 10, agency leaders announced Thursday, an extension that provides almost instant trips to Microsoft, and a ride to downtown Bellevue in less than 20 minutes.
UW light rail station to close for weekend and I-5 nearby will lose a lane

2 months ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. Light rail trips under the University of Washington will be two minutes quicker next week, after Sound Transit replaces a damaged train-power wire. But first, travelers must endure a weekend closure of UW Station, next to Husky Stadium, during all of Saturday, Feb. 1, and Sunday, Feb.
WA delays huge, traffic-clogging Ship Canal Bridge deck job, citing money shortage

2 months ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. In a startling last-minute delay, the Washington State Department of Transportation is postponing its huge deck replacement on the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge, where two northbound lanes were supposed to close March 1, until sometime next year.