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The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth
You know how you hear those stories about how some government agency or other paid $2.5 million for a hammer or paid for employee cosmetic surgery as part of its' wellness plan? Well that doesn't happen here. Our former accountant made me cut cookies in half for...
Transportation Technical Committee Meeting Wednesday
The Transportation Technical Committee (TTC) meets for the first time in 2018 this Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 1:30 p.m. The agenda includes an update on the Call for Projects SRTC will be having soon to determine what projects and programs to fund with federal program...
Change Proposed for the Transportation Improvement Program
It's a new year, which means a new Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) has kicked in. The TIP is a document of programs and projects to be built or put into action in the next four years. It includes project names and descriptions, the jurisdiction sponsoring...
Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting Jan. 22
The first meeting of 2018 for the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) is next Monday, January 22 at 3 p.m. The meeting agenda is here. It includes welcoming new members, choosing a Chair and Vice Chair and learning about some projects coming up in 2018. Everyone...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday
In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, most area government agencies will be closed next Monday, Jan. 15 SRTC will be open. And good news, if you come downtown for the annual march that day, to shop or ice skate, parking meters don't have to be plugged that...
Full Schedule of Projects Expected to Make Seattle Traffic Worse
You've probably been hearing lately about the huge growth Seattle has had in the past few years, including jobs and population. Now infrastructure growth is the next move and the Seattle Times' Traffic Lab predicts the next three years are going to be cramped to say...
Where Did the Idea for Centerline Stripes Come From?
In the early days of driving, how did drivers avoid head-on collisions on narrow roads with no center strip to tell them which side to stay on? They didn't, and that's how the center strip was born. The chairman of the Wayne County (Michigan) Road Commission, Edward...
Electric 2-Wheelers Hitting U.S. Streets
Cars aren't the only electric mode that is expanding with new technology. Bicycles are increasingly going electric too, according to NPR. Outside the U.S., motorcycles, mopeds and scooters are popular, affordable forms of transportation that help to reduce congestion....
Car-tab Tax Initiative Will Not Be On Ballot
Anti-tax activist Tim Eyman's initiative to get rid of Sound Transit’s car-tab taxes and instead tax every vehicle in the state at $30 has failed to collect enough signatures and will not be on the ballot next year. The Spokesman-Review says Eyman needed to collect...
Idaho Named Fourth Most Fatal State for Snow Driving
What's up Idaho? Our neighbor to the east was recently named the fourth most dangerous state for driving in snow, according to the Spokesman-Review. SafeWise, a website for home security and safety advice, used data from 2016 to determine that there were 11 reported...