WSDOT to replace its Talgo railcars like those in the 2017 Amtrak crash near DuPont ‘as soon as possible’
More than 50 Talgo railcars on the Amtrak Cascades line will be replaced “as soon as possible,” the state said Wednesday, one day after the...
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Staff reporter Mike Lindblom covers transportation for The Seattle Times.
NTSB ‘amazed at the amount of failure’ by agencies in fatal 2017 Amtrak derailment south of Tacoma
The safety board put primary blame on Sound Transit, which owns the $181 million rail corridor used by Amtrak, for failing to require safety improvements...
Waterfront transforming before our eyes as viaduct comes down
After Memorial Day, work will resume on demolishing the viaduct at Yesler Way and points south.
Retired Battery Street Tunnel is filling up with viaduct rubble VIEW
The entire passageway will be filled with viaduct fragments to a depth of seven feet, then topped by an equal layer of low density concrete...
Traffic in new Highway 99 tunnel nearly matches last year’s viaduct use
Traffic volumes have gradually increased since the tunnel's opening day on Feb. 4, to an average 74,900 weekday trips on May 6-10, according to the...
Dick’s Drive-In in Kent should not become a train maintenance base, Sound Transit committee says
The committee's unanimous vote makes it likely that the full transit board, meeting May 23, will remove the Kent property from further studies.
Dick’s Drive-In Kent may be dropped from Sound Transit’s list of possible sites for a new maintenance base
Hundreds of residents complained about the potential loss of the burger joint, which opened Dec. 12 at 24220 Pacific Highway South, the only Dick's Drive-In...
Delivery trucks to be banished from fragile curbsides of Pioneer Square
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced the policy Tuesday, to forbid vehicles heavier than 10,000 pounds from the curb lane.
Judge finds that tunnel contractors threw away pipe fragments that Bertha hit
A judge handling the lawsuit released a ruling that chastised the contractors for failing to preserve the pipe fragments and two granite boulders also collected.
Tearing down the Alaskan Way Viaduct is taking longer than once thought WATCH
The Washington State Department of Transportation last week told waterfront business and tourism leaders that contractors won't be done smashing the core of the viaduct...