The damage from December’s storms and flooding will cost between $40 million and $50 million, Washington transportation officials say. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The commute for ferry passengers on the Chimacum and at the Bremerton terminal will become a lot more entertaining, productive or simply distracting later this year, depending on how they use the internet. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Endure or detour. This weekend marks the start of what is arguably the most disruptive highway construction job in Washington state’s history. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The estimated price tag of the Interstate Bridge Replacement project more than doubled from $6 billion to $13.6 billion, but staff told a bistate panel Dec. 15 it didn’t have new numbers. www.oregonjournalismproject.org/interstate-b...

Well well.

Broken roads, old ferries and devastation left by December’s storms are top of mind for the Democratic and Republican leaders on the Legislature’s transportation committees. That’s where the agreement ends. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Express Wagons (1 horse) ------- 967 Express Wagons (2 horses) --- 1,108 Lumber Wagons (2) ------ 414 Lumber Wagons (3) ------- 2 Lumber Wagons (4) ------- 37 Horse Trucks (2) ---------49 Horse Trucks (4) --------- 3 Buggies ------------------------165 Total: 2,745

Old boats break. For Washington State Ferries, this inescapable fact was no truer than during the first three days of the New Year. The fleet is missing a third of its ferries. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Can Washington state use funds collected from the Climate Commitment Act to help repair storm-damaged roads? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Gov. Bob Ferguson wants to spend $1 billion to buy three new state ferries and an additional $150 million to help keep the oldest boats in Washington State Ferries’ fleet on the water as long as possible before those new vessels arrive. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson is naming Angela Brady as interim director of the Seattle Department of Transportation. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

#OnThisDay in 1966, the ferry Hyak was launched. Now retired, its horn lives on as the goal horn at Seattle Kraken hockey games. historylink.org/File/5304 @seattlekraken.com

“Mother Nature is driving some of the planning and timing. ... Most timelines for repairs and damage estimates are not yet available — and there is another round of rain, snow and wind on the way." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

In today's paper: FEDERAL WAY — For the fourth weekend in less than two years, throngs celebrated the growth of light rail in the Seattle region, this time for an 8-mile, three-station extension into South King County. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Twenty years ago, when the only light rail in Washington state was a 1.6-mile line in downtown Tacoma, transit riders might’ve wondered if the train would ever arrive in Seattle. Some probably still do. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

We dig into this weekend's light rail extension and the ever important discussion of how to pronounce Des Moines and Deshais. Give it a listen!

Seattle motorists spent nearly three extra days behind the wheel this year, as the typical driver in the metro region lost 68 hours to traffic congestion. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This Saturday, Seattle's light rail system will grow 8 miles, add 23,000 riders to the already 120,000, and open 3 stations in South King County. With this fourth expansion in the past two years, the spine of the system will stretch 40 miles. Who will ride it? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Cyclists have long helped out their motoring cousins. After all, the nation’s earliest paved roads, including in Seattle, were done by and for bicyclists. Now cars are giving back. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Parking in a paid lot will get more expensive next spring after the council adopted a 12% parking tax expected to raise $2 million in a normal year. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Nice write up about the Great American Rail Trail 🚲 ⤵️

In print today, go buy your local newspaper (whether you live in Seattle or not)! www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...

"As I ride through the heart of the mountain, a tiny fear takes hold. I should’ve anticipated it, considering all the warnings I’d heard at the old Hyak train station moments before I entered the dark, 2.3-mile Snoqualmie Tunnel." Print tomorrow, online now! www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...

Our Commercial E-Cargo Bike Program launches today. We want to work with businesses of all sizes to help our freight network become more cost-effective as delivery volumes continue to increase. Learn what's next: https://sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/11/20/seattle-commercial-e-cargo-bike-program/

A power outage forced a shutdown of the Highway 99 tunnel through downtown Seattle on Thursday morning, but crews with Seattle City Light restored power just before 10 a.m. and the tunnel should be reopening to traffic once final checks are performed. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Trump’s DOT has been on a deregulation blitz, with 30 regulatory moves that could reduce safety and cost lives, according to experts. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Of the top 30 cities, three are in North America: Montreal (15), Quebec City (29) and Vancouver, B.C. (30). If the lack of U.S. cities surprises you, go ride in Utrecht, Copenhagen, Ghent, Amsterdam or Paris and get unsurprised. www.fastcompany.com/91442963/the...

Everyday is a stop on Taylor Swift's 2023 Eras Tour, according to Sound Transit. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Oh là là!

I recently asked SDOT why car parking can't be used for scooters, etc. They said: "Repurposing car parking can be a more costly solution and there are a limited number of 24/7 spaces, especially downtown. We want to find efficient, balanced solutions that support all modes of travel."

This Saturday Ballard Fremont Greenways, Councilmember Strauss, and @seattledot.bsky.social are celebrating the new crosswalk on 15th Ave in Ballard. When: This Saturday at 2 PM Where: 15th Ave NW and NW 51st St in Ballard. Learn more: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/11/05/1...

Happy 146th Birthday to the Bicycles of Washington State! "The first bicycle arrived in Washington Territory on Nov. 14, 1879, and was prominently displayed in the window of a Seattle stationery and book shop at 617 Front Street owned by William H. Pumphrey." www.historylink.org/File/20810

Missouri Republican Rep. Sam Graves, chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said infrastructure for biking and walking to be an important federal priority. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/12/g...

Having seen these myself in action, I wonder why Seattle doesn't use this design on Healthy Streets in place of the easily movable signs.

Downtown Seattle Association to Lime scooter riders: Don't be an asshole. youtu.be/BiaOLV96jl4?...

Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes, former darling of the booming e-bike market, warned it could shut down amid slowing sales and the hangover of too-rapid growth during the pandemic. www.seattletimes.com/business/loc...

The Seattle Department of Transportation has concluded it will likely need to return more than $4 million to the federal government after an internal review raised issues with how a 2017 grant from the Federal Highway Administration was executed. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

"Since 2023, however, something new has topped the list: traffic safety." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

How does a floating bridge handle a train going over it? One word: Spaghetti. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tIm...

In 2007, the "idea of free transit — it was visionary, it was lovely, it was beguiling.” And back then “it was completely impractical.” What about now? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

While freight truck drivers and bike riders don’t always make the best of road friends, East Marginal Way in Seattle’s industrial Sodo district will host that unlikely fellowship, thanks to a year and a half of construction and $72 million. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

After a small stretch of a never-used bus lane was saved on Capitol Hill, Seattle City Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck said this week she’d push to expand transit-only lanes on three of the city’s busiest streets. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Mayor Bruce Harrell gets to work at City Hall by car. His challenger Katie Wilson rides the bus. What else separates Seattle's mayoral candidates? Read on! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Surprise! White River Bridge to reopen ahead of schedule. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

While drivers flooded Seattle's streets to make their way around the region's closed highways, a group of people advocated for lidding Interstate 5 to hide the highway and dampen the noise.

#OnThisDay in 1970, Jimi Hendrix played Sicks' Stadium, his final Seattle show. historylink.org/File/21126

We are seeing traffic building more, especially before the closure points on I-405, & along detour routes in Kirkland & Renton. -3 mile backup on NB I-405 in Renton -1.5 mile backup on SB I-405 in Kirkland Expect very heavy traffic on detour routes & city streets. Plan ahead!

As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)

At some point in the not too distant future, someone will bike from Alki Beach in West Seattle, by the industrial monoliths on Harbor Island and through the hullabaloo of downtown, all the way to Smith Cove, without once interacting with traffic. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

WA gas taxes go up this week, largely to cover soaring construction costs of freeways already begun. A concise history by @nickdeshais.bsky.social: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...