Expect travel delays this summer after ferry fire sends ripples through Puget Sound fleet
The Wenatchee will take months to fix, meaning less capacity and more delays for passengers while several Puget Sound routes make do with smaller vessels...
Mike Lindblom
Staff reporter Mike Lindblom covers transportation for The Seattle Times.
How to spend Seattle’s new $20 car-tab fee still up in the air
Should the car-tab fee go toward bridge upgrades, or perhaps bike lanes and traffic calming? The Seattle City Council was scheduled to vote Monday, but...
Seattle City Council favors using car-tab fee mainly for bridge repair
A majority of Seattle City Council members favor spending most of a new $20 car-tab fee to catch up on bridge maintenance. The Council could...
Sen. Cantwell’s bill would spend $2.5 billion to remove train crossings
The Railroad Crossing Elimination Act would spend $2.5 billion to remove hazardous railroad crossings. It would let local agencies compete for federal grants of up...
Washington state lawmakers keep new highways on cruise control
Despite the hype, state lawmakers in 2021 merely kept transportation megaprojects on cruise control, plus a larger budget to preserve crumbling road lanes.
How Seattle might turn a $20 car-tab fee into $100 million, largely to fix bridges
Some Seattle City Council members proposed selling $100 million in bonds, supported by a $20 annual car-tab fee increase this year, to fund major bridge...
Gas taxes, food delivery fees and more: Washington lawmakers eye 33 fees, taxes to pay for transportation
What's it take to raise $18 billion for new projects and preservation? A large menu of taxes and fees, in hopes that no single cost...
Three North Seattle light-rail stations to open Oct. 2
The new U District, Roosevelt and Northgate train stations, approved by voters in a 2008 sales-tax measure, are on track to open by fall. The...
More drivers will be able to use the West Seattle lower swing bridge
The city will loosen its restrictions on the lower Spokane Street swing bridge so general traffic can cross more often. With closure of the West...
Delayed repairs threaten Washington state bridges and highways. Will lawmakers act this year? VIEW
After years of chasing megaprojects, Washington state lawmakers face a reckoning as bridges and highways wear out, including the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge. Will they...