Read through expertly-sourced answers to thoughtful and compelling questions about Seattle’s thorny transportation issues. If you have a question or idea for Traffic Lab, send it to trafficlab@seattletimes.com. We may feature it in an upcoming column.
Seattle's steel drawbridges will be tested, measured and watered more often in summertime, after August heat caused a 76-minute traffic shutdown at the Ballard Bridge...
The city of Seattle has known since last year that there could be problems with how its new streetcars will fit into existing facilities. But...
New Washington residents have 30 days to register their vehicles with the state Department of Licensing and pay the required taxes and fees.
As Seattle looks to double the size of its bike-share program to 20,000 bikes under proposed regulations announced last week, The Seattle Times took to...
Seattle Times Traffic Lab reporters have attempted 206 rides on Spin, ofo and LimeBike bikes since November. Here’s what we found.
Washington is ranked as one of the nation’s strictest states in terms of enforcing speeding and reckless-driving laws.
Any claim you have against LimeBike or ofo would be settled by a private arbitrator, with no opportunity to appeal the arbitrator's decision.
Several travelers have written to Traffic Lab recently complaining of congestion where I-90 merges with northbound I-5 and pointing to the orange barrels in the...
From the I-90 floating bridge and a new overpass in Kent to the Highway 520 rebuild from Montlake to I-5, readers are wondering what work...
Seattle’s plan to convert on-street parking pay stations to a pay-by-plate format later this year sparked a flurry of questions from readers about the new...
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