A report by a business group says the state has gone from 16th to 29th place in one year.

The National Transportation Safety Board today recommended that states cut the drunk-driving limit from .08 blood alcohol content to .05, a level women can often reach after just one drink. The limit is a common standard worldwide.

2 people died last night when their SUV was hit by a Sound Transit bus. On Monday at 9:30 p.m. the bus struck the other car when it ran a red light exiting I-405 in Kirkland. The bus driver said the brakes had failed.

Wealth and power don't matter. The city of Los Angeles is giving up on maintenance of many older streets and concentrating on creating the same average quality of street in each city council district.

Alaska Airlines will be flying daily from Portland to Dallas and Atlanta. The new flight routes will begin this summer. 

Seattle bucks a national trend toward worsening congestion.

The $2.8 billion route will stretch from the International District to Bellevue and Overlake. But commuters will have to wait; the light rail isn't expected to be up and running until 2023. 

Throughout North and Central Seattle the bike share program will have 500 bikes and 50 stops. An estimated $3.7 million will buy the supplies and another $1.4 million will support operations for the first year. 

The temporary delay to get more advice follows a month and a half of criticism by lawmakers and flight-crew members.

But still the money flows, greased by political leaders in Oregon.