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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. Traffic crashes in Washington killed 731 people last year, a modest improvement compared to the recent high of 809 deaths the year before.
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1 week ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Washington state’s main driving route from Snoqualmie Pass to Auburn, Federal Way and Tacoma will be blocked for five days during reconstruction where I-90 exits into Highway 18. All Highway 18 lanes below the I-90 bridges at Exit 25/Snoqualmie Parkway will close from 9 p.m. Thursday, May 29 until 5 a.m. Wednesday, June 4, with detours that will likely cause lengthy delays on the already-clogged route.
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3 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Sound Transit board members voted Tuesday morning to join King County Metro’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, which has threatened to suspend federal grants to agencies unless they slash local diversity, equity and inclusion programs. “Nobody wants this,” said Sound Transit Chair Dave Somers, who is Snohomish County executive. Sound Transit says $82 million of its federal funds are at risk this year under Trump’s DEI executive order, Sound Transit staff says.
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3 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. Now that Sound Transit has celebrated last weekend’s launch of Downtown Redmond and Marymoor Village light rail stations, bringing the total to 10 stops from Bellevue to Redmond, what’s ahead for mass transit on the Eastside?
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4 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Nicholas Deshais |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.
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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. Sound Transit’s new Marymoor Village and Downtown Redmond stations, which open at noon Saturday, will provide more than a launchpad for commuters heading toward Microsoft’s campus, downtown Bellevue and someday Seattle.
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1 month ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Following divers’ inspection and a test opening, the Hood Canal floating bridge was declared fit for normal operations Wednesday, in the wake of a drawspan stall that blocked Highway 104 for several hours Monday. The Washington State Department of Transportation notified the Coast Guard at 10 a.m. Wednesday the bridge could resume opening a full 600-foot-wide ship channel. There appears to be no damage to either the mechanical rollers that help open the bridge, or their electrical components.
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1 month ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Catch an Eastside light rail train some morning, and you’ll find room to stretch out. Two-car trains built to carry 300 people take only a couple of dozen. In March, a mere 3,240 passengers per day boarded the 6-mile starter line. For several months, ridership met or beat modest forecasts of 4,000 to 5,700 daily boardings, peaking at 6,668 in June, before dropping off in December.
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1 month ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Although traffic is moving again over the Hood Canal floating bridge, state workers are still trying to locate a mechanical problem that caused the drawspan to be stuck open Monday for eight hours. Divers were to look for obstructions or damage on Tuesday, said Cara Mitchell, a regional spokesperson for the Washington State Department of Transportation. Until the issue is solved, WSDOT will provide marine openings of only 300 feet, or half the usual 600-foot breadth, as a precaution, she said.
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1 month ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Greg Kim |Michael Lindblom
The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is supported by Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation and Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. King County and seven other governments sued Friday to block Trump administration decrees that could halt millions of dollars for homeless aid and transit operations unless local agencies eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
