Remember the Alamo Bridge in Washington

John Latta - May 24, 2013

(Photo: modified from Cole Wagoner / Twitter) If a bridge falls in Washington State does anyone in Washington D.C. hear it? Yes, but for how long will its crash echo in their thoughts? There has been, historically, a relationship between a ...

Seattle tests bikes as disaster relief (VIDEO)

Amanda Bayhi - May 22, 2013

Bicyclists carry supplies during 2012 Disaster Relief Trials in Seattle, Washington. Seattle, Washington, next month will test bikes as a means of disaster relief, Road.cc reported. The city will hold Disaster Relief Trials (DRT) to gauge the cities preparedness for natural ...

A Goldilocks Gadget: Calculate the “just right” number of parking spaces

John Latta - May 07, 2013

How many parking spaces do you need in a given area? And what should it cost to use them? The answers were, apparently, largely the result of professional guestimates. Now comes a new gadget--that’s my strictly non-technical term--from King County, Washington, ...

Washington ranked top bike friendly state for 6th consecutive year

Amanda Bayhi - May 02, 2013

Washington state is leading the nation with its ranking as the most bicycle friendly state in 2013. This is Washington's sixth consecutive year in the No. 1 position. The Bicycle Friendly States ranking, presented by the League of American Bicyclists, numerically ...

Road funding: Your piggy bank or mine?

John Latta - Apr 18, 2013

Motorist fees and gas taxes are sources for transportation funding in two state budgets. Pennsylvania and Washington State are trying to pay for essential projects and in doing so – along with a number of other states – may be showing ...

Study predicts $365 billion highway fund shortfall

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 04, 2013

As automobile fuel economy increases, the federal highway program's fiscal position will become ever more precarious, a new study by researchers at the College of William and Mary finds. The team from William and Mary's Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy ...

Kenworth’s Renton plant named 2010 Best Workplace award for recycling, waste reduction

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jun 30, 2010

The Kenworth Truck Company manufacturing plant in Renton, Wash., received a 2010 Best Workplace for Recycling and Waste Reduction Award from King County’s Solid Waste Division for Kenworth’s outstanding efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle. This is the second consecutive year ...

City of Olympia, Wash., selects VUEWorks for asset management

Tina Grady Barbaccia - May 11, 2010

The City of Olympia, Wash., has selected VUEWorks Inc.'s software for Web-based, GIS-integrated Asset Management and Capital Improvement Planning (CIP). VUEWorks will be used as Olympia’s city-wide record management system to support a sustainable infrastructure management program that will enable City ...

Washington 21st state to pass cell phone, texting ban

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 26, 2010

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today commended Gov. Christine Gregoire for signing a law that makes Washington the 21st state to enact a ban prohibiting drivers from talking or texting on a cell-phone without a hands-free device. This new law allows ...