How WSDOT can manage the I-5 collapse
Guest Opinion: As the former state Secretary of Transportation, I know that the department is ready to respond to even a shocking event like the fall of the bridge into the Skagit River.
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Guest Opinion: As the former state Secretary of Transportation, I know that the department is ready to respond to even a shocking event like the fall of the bridge into the Skagit River.
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The freeway bridge collapsed, setting off reportedly successful rescue efforts in the river.
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Lawmakers still need to figure out the costs of enacting the tougher measures sought by Gov. Jay Inslee.
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSThe UW hopes to widen the Burke-Gilman Trail.
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Commentary: Does anyone responsible for guiding Southeast Seattle's transit-oriented renaissance have a clue what's going on there?
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We've laid out our priorities. Now it's time for the vision thing. In a word: tolling.
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It's time to talk about our favorite elephant in the room: Interstate 5.
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The 520 Bridge, Viaduct Replacement and other mega-projects get shortchanged in the new transportation proposal.
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When myth, not data, drives policy, dumb things can happen.
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A father and child talk as they wait for a bus: Goldilocks, hydrogren bombs, a kiss between classmates.
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Gold in them thar initiatives. Pebble Mine: Bad news for salmon.
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Contemporary urban planning pros often ignore the naturally-occurring spontaneity of city life.
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The withdrawal of Kinder Morgan from plans for coal exports from the Port of St. Helens still leaves other efforts in the works. And the company is hunting for other coal port sites.
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The bow-tie wearer among the candidates talks about big changes for police, transportation and parking.
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The city has a backlog of needs and a growing employment base. But moving forward has to be mixed with catching up.
READ MORE | 70 COMMENTSThe latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.
The likely culprits in the Minneapolis I-35 bridge collapse of 2007 were faulty steel plates that held together the bridge's beams, the NTSB said.
According to the report there are 14 bridges in the county that are classified as structurally deficient under National Bridge Inspection Standards.
The bridge, built in 1955, was considered structurally deficient in 1992, and functionally obsolete in 2000 and 2010, according to the National Bridge Inventory.
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.