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U.S. Department of Transportation

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Drinking on the Job: KOMO Busts Up the Good Times at 520 Bridge Construction Project Office

    Good lord are we glad we don't work for the state. If we did, or even if we just happened to share an office with the Department of Transportation (or were, say, the beneficiary of a $586 million contract to replace the 520 Bridge), we'd almost certainly be subject to one hell of a KOMO 4 Problem So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    The High Road: How to Handle a Traffic Stop and Avoid a Marijuana DUI

    Few things are more unnerving than the sight of red and blue lights flashing in the rear-view mirror, particularly for a paranoid pot smoker. Here are a few pro-tips to survive such a situation.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Toll-Wary Drivers Are Abandoning the 520 Floating Bridge in Droves

    It's a veritable picnic these days getting across the 520 floating bridge. That's the upside, one supposes, when one-third of the region's drivers have abandoned it in favor of alternative routes. According to the state Department of Transportation, overall volume has plummeted by 34 percent -- 18 p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Sunny Jim Site May Have Been Contaminated Long Before It Was Proposed Home for Homeless

    ​Mayor Mike McGinn's plan to relocate the residents of Seattle's two roving homeless encampments--Nickelsville and Tent City--to a permanent location at the former Sunny Jim factory in SoDo hit a snag this past weekend, when it was revealed that a report issued last year showed the site to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Washington Drivers Spending Less Time in Traffic for Very Obvious Reason

    ​The good news: Seattle commuters spent an average of one hour less time in mind-numbing, soul-sucking traffic last year as compared to 2007. The bad news: it's because fewer people were on the road because fewer people had jobs to drive to.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Cliff Mass Asks That You Not Freeze to Death Tonight

    ​Cliff Mass has been busy over the past 24 hours. "It's been an exhausting day," the weather guru says by phone from his office at the University of Washington, where he's been tracking the season's first snowstorm. On his blog, Mass says "the show is not over yet." So what might Mother Nature ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Toyota Prius Unintended Acceleration Actually Fault of Drivers?

    ​When Toyota Priuses started speeding up on their own, causing accidents and other such mayhem, the Japanese auto company initially blamed its drivers. For this seemingly tone-deaf reaction it was widely mocked. But now, the Wall Street Journal says a new study suggests Toyota might have been ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    McGinn's Oversold Overruns

    He claims our tunnels have all busted their budgets, but King County begs to differ.

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Seattle Blogs: The Five Things That Will Confuse Pete Carroll, New Coach of the Seahawks

    Think he looks confused now? Just wait until someone tries to explain the concept of a challenge flag.​- Hotdog & Friends lists (maybe) (possibly) new Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll's five most befuddled observations upon returning to the NFL. Anybody else think this is Step One in a confusi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Seattle Blogs: Former Prosecutor Fires Back at City Attorney Pete Holmes in Farewell Letter

    ​A daily look at the best scribblings of the Seattle blogosphere. - SeattleCrime has a copy of the farewell letter from Bob Hood, one of a dozen staff members let go by new City Attorney Pete Holmes. In the letter, e-mailed to roughly 100 or so other attorneys, Hood, the former head of the de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    The Primary Must Be Coming: Yard Sign Wars Are On!

    One of the offending signs.City law doesn't allow campaign signs on public property, so when one vigilant Seattleite saw one for Joe Mallahan on a median, he e-mailed a complaint to the city Department of Transportation. Mallahan spokesperson Charla Neuman says they didn't know the signs had been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Exec Candidates: Your New Super-Needy Boyfriend

    You're making it hard not to.A few years back I was totally crushing on this guy I'd see once every couple of months when I sang with a local classical music group. He was tall, handsome, seemed a little distant and aloof--totally swoon worthy. I just about passed out one spring day when he walked o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    WSDOT Wastes No Time on Viaduct

    With Gregoire's barely dried signature on Senate Bill 5768, setting up the funding system for replacing the viaduct with a tunnel, the state Department of Transportation just sent out a press release announcing that starting tomorrow, two buildings are coming down. A 40,000 square foot warehouse and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Ghostriders in the Sky Prevent Avalanches

    Tom Paulson at the P-I has a fascinating story this morning on the state Department of Transportation's avalanche forecasting and control team. My favorite part is this--one of the most bizarre images I've encountered in a news story in a long time:As wet snow whipped by fierce winds slapped his f ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2008

    Did White Campaign on the Clock?

    The representative-elect says no. His computer’s not so sure.

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Rep. White's Case Goes to the PDC

    White and supporter Newly elected Democratic state representative Scott White of Seattle will not be criminally charged for his county ethics violations, King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg says, but the prosecutor has asked the state Public Disclosure Commission to investigate the case for elect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2008

    Critical Massholes?

    White and supporter Newly elected Democratic state representative Scott White of Seattle will not be criminally charged for his county ethics violations, King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg says, but the prosecutor has asked the state Public Disclosure Commission to investigate the case for elect ... More >>

  • News

    June 11, 2008

    When in Doubt, Copy Portland

    Streetcars, publicly funded campaigns, and sidewalk cafes.

  • News

    March 19, 2008

    More Ramen? A Balanced Article About Payday Loans? Amazing!

    Streetcars, publicly funded campaigns, and sidewalk cafes.

  • Food

    November 7, 2007

    Georgetown Truck Stop or Your Buddy's Cramped Kitchen

    Either way, the menu's limited.

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2007

    Feds Help WSDOT Near Toll Goal

    Either way, the menu's limited.

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2007

    Scrap AND Cancel!

    Either way, the menu's limited.

  • News

    February 21, 2007

    $1 million on a viaduct vote? Why not just take a poll?

    Either way, the menu's limited.

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2007

    No Tunnel! Says State

    Either way, the menu's limited.

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Pie in the Sky

    If the city won't get serious about the state's Route 99 parkway proposal, then dammit, we will.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2006

    Tunnel Vision

    If the city won't get serious about the state's Route 99 parkway proposal, then dammit, we will.

  • News

    December 7, 2005

    Oh, That Other Monorail

    Forget last week's wreck. The 1962 line's owners are still litigating insurance for a 2004 fire.

  • News

    March 2, 2005

    Elwha Elegy

    A major archaeological find forces an Olympic Peninsula town to re-examine the past and the future.

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Media, Transportation, Child Welfare

    A major archaeological find forces an Olympic Peninsula town to re-examine the past and the future.

  • News

    December 8, 2004

    Gridlock Politics

    Party bickering, the GOP antitax crusade, and Seattle arrogance stand in the way of replacing the dangerous Alaskan Way Viaduct and the aging 520 bridge.

  • News

    July 7, 2004

    Turnpike to Perdition

    The idea of a 'commerce corridor,' an enormous toll highway through Western Washington, just won't die.

  • News

    November 12, 2003

    Election 2003, Transportation, and Media

    The idea of a 'commerce corridor,' an enormous toll highway through Western Washington, just won't die.

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    Transportation, Media, and Congress

    The idea of a 'commerce corridor,' an enormous toll highway through Western Washington, just won't die.

  • News

    December 25, 2002

    The Viaduct on the Level

    Sure, you could bury it. You could replace it with another elevated freeway. But why not just rebuild it at ground level? It's the cheapest option.

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    Buzz

    Sure, you could bury it. You could replace it with another elevated freeway. But why not just rebuild it at ground level? It's the cheapest option.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    An Unhip Primer

    An Eastside existence in defiance of Krispy Kreme.

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    A bridge too near

    An Eastside existence in defiance of Krispy Kreme.

  • News

    June 12, 2002

    Small is beautiful

    The 520 bridge's problems can't be solved by construction alone.

  • News

    June 12, 2002

    Ode to elevation

    Road Trip #3

  • News

    January 16, 2002

    News Clips— Survivors/Victims

    Road Trip #3

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    Road Hogs

    Think transit is expensive? Check out the cost of cars.

  • News

    April 11, 2001

    Screeching halt

    Think transit is expensive? Check out the cost of cars.

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    Freeway fighter

    Think transit is expensive? Check out the cost of cars.

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    The little engine that can't

    Seattle's most neglected landmark, King Street Station, sits crumbling in the middle of downtown's boom.

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Transportation Locke-up

    Is Gov. Gary Locke scared to address our transportation crisis?

  • News

    November 25, 1998

    Letters

    Victimized Vikings

  • News

    September 23, 1998

    Candy-coated growth reform

    Ron Sims aims to repair a flawed county system that favors developers... and does them a favor in the process.

  • News

    September 2, 1998

    A bridge too far

    Toll phobia and rural preservation block a cleaner, cheaper way to operate highways.

  • News

    September 2, 1998

    Barking up the wrong slope

    Toll phobia and rural preservation block a cleaner, cheaper way to operate highways.

  • News

    August 5, 1998

    The county's fig leaf

    A court hearing strips away King County's pretense of growth management.

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