Washington State Dept. of Transportation warns toll customers about using bill-pay service Doxo The Washington State Department of Transportation is cautioning customers about using Seattle-based bill payment company Doxo to pay Good to… Read More
A new EV car-sharing program in Seattle aims to reach underserved communities with co-op model I parked my dirty old Honda at the grocery store around 2 p.m. last Thursday and drove away in a… Read More
Washington State Dept. of Transportation warns ‘Good to Go!’ customers of bill-paying scam The Washington State Department of Transportation is warning Good to Go! customers to be on the lookout for fraudulent emails… Read More
Cyberattack takes out key travel information on Washington state transportation website and app The Washington State Department of Transportation is blaming a “cybersecurity incident” for taking out parts of its website and app… Read More
Good To Go! — or not: Washington state’s tolling software switchover will take 2 weeks, but why? When the Washington State Department of Transportation announced that both the Good To Go highway toll payment system and its… Read More
Video shows transformation of Seattle tech hub’s surface streets — and an old tunnel is finally filled Seattle’s South Lake Union tech hub might not be as bustling as it would normally be, pre-pandemic, but when traffic… Read More
Coronavirus and the commute: Average speeds increase noticeably as many workers stay home Average speeds on major roadways in the Seattle region were more than 10 mph faster than normal on Thursday morning,… Read More
Geek of the Week: If there’s roadwork ahead, Kurt Stiles uses 3D modeling and more to drive project If a new roadway or bridge or other infrastructure element in Washington state looks and drives exactly like you’d hoped… Read More
New video: Seattle’s historic viaduct is gone in just months as demolition transforms city’s waterfront The Alaskan Way Viaduct was an artery through the heart of downtown Seattle for more than 60 years, carrying people… Read More
New video shows how crews ‘reverse engineer’ Seattle’s viaduct to demolish historic highway Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct has been disappearing from the city’s waterfront in plain sight for months, but as the historic… Read More
Watch: As Seattle tunnel nears opening, 6-year time-lapse also captures Amazon going up, up up If it appears, on many days, like Amazon’s Seattle headquarters has seemingly popped up overnight to transform the look of… Read More
‘One of the smartest tunnels ever built’: New video explains how tech will help keep Seattle drivers safe Leave it to a high-tech city above ground to build a high-tech roadway underground. Seattle’s SR 99 tunnel project has… Read More
Watch: New time-lapse video shows lower roadway being pieced together in Seattle tunnel The road untraveled is starting to look like an actual road. Deep beneath Seattle, the SR 99 tunnel project continues… Read More
Deep beneath Seattle, our first end-to-end trip in new tunnel shows massive scale of highway project More than a year before the new State Route 99 tunnel is scheduled to open to vehicles in Seattle, I… Read More
New drone video takes viewers through 2 miles of Seattle tunnel, from Space Needle to stadiums Months after Bertha the Seattle tunnel machine stopped churning beneath the city, work continues on the SR 99 tunnel that… Read More
Bertha be gone: Time-lapse video shows summer-long dismantling of Seattle tunnel machine Bye bye, Bertha. The Seattle tunnel machine, which carved its way beneath the city to make way for a new… Read More
Seattle area’s weekend traffic could be a mess, so WSDOT turns to map and Mariner Moose for help Rather than shake your fists at Seattle-area traffic these days, perhaps it’s best to just relax and … smile. Clearly… Read More
Watch: As disassembly continues, time-lapse video gives look inside Bertha the Seattle tunnel machine Seven weeks of nearly non-stop work are taking a toll on Bertha. The SR 99 tunneling machine, which cut a… Read More
Three numbers explain why the tech boom doesn’t make Seattle’s new tunnel a good investment Seattle’s new Alaskan Way tunnel — currently three years late and millions of dollars over budget — has been called… Read More
Watch: Bertha the Seattle tunnel machine goes under the torch as huge pieces are cut, lifted away Over the years, Bertha the tunnel machine managed to successfully cut her way beneath Seattle and make room for a new SR 99 highway… Read More
30 million trips later, Seattle’s 520 floating bridge turns 1 — and more work is coming to vital corridor Something about putting up with years of road construction seems to make the time fly when a project is complete… Read More
Drone video captures closer look at Bertha as tunnel machine chews its way to daylight Update: WSDOT released a new drone video on Thursday (above) with additional footage and sound to replace the previous video.… Read More
Watch Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine, emerge from beneath Seattle From the dark depths beneath Seattle, Bertha the SR 99 tunnel machine headed out of the muck and into daylight on… Read More
Bertha’s big breakthrough is here: Seattle tunnel machine will emerge Tuesday after long journey After mining through more than 9,000 feet of Seattle underground, and rebounding from a lengthy breakdown and repair, Bertha the… Read More
Seattle tunnel machine Bertha is just days from breaking through to complete long journey If you’ve forgotten what Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine, looks like after all these years, get ready to see… Read More
New 360 video shows tunnel machine Bertha at work beneath Seattle as it enters the home stretch A 360-degree video shot inside the tunnel being built beneath Seattle gives viewers a unique new perspective of what it’s like… Read More
‘We’re in a good rhythm,’ Seattle tunnel worker says, as new videos show Bertha’s progress It’s been a busy week deep beneath Seattle, as Bertha the tunneling machine keeps on trucking through Belltown. Two new… Read More
‘Flexible’ bridge being built in Seattle is designed to bounce back from big earthquake The potential collapse of the Alaskan Way Viaduct during a major Seattle earthquake is one of the main reasons why… Read More
Seattle tunnel machine Bertha reaches halfway point — here’s a rare look inside the massive project The SR 99 tunneling machine has passed the halfway point on its long journey beneath Seattle, and officials stood 10 stories… Read More
New photos: Panorama of Seattle’s north tunnel entrance shows off transformed corridor If you’ve lost track of how long Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine has been underground (mostly) working on Seattle’s… Read More
