traffic congestion

“Why are Seattle drivers the worst?”That’s a question we get a lot from listeners.But when cities are ranked by number of accidents, speeding tickets, or…

Move over, Interstate 5: The section of I-405 from Renton to Bellevue is now the state's most congested highway.“It is so congested even our HOV lane does…

Traffic engineers have lots of projects planned for downtown Seattle in 2018. In the short run, they could cause more congestion. But they say it'll be…

Bill Radke talks to Ed Barry, the Toll Division Director with the Washington State Department of Transportation, about a new report (PDF) that recommends…

Three years ago, we ran a story about a little-known traffic tip known as the "zipper merge." In short: Drivers should use all lanes leading up to a merge…

Traffic engineers have a nickname for the years 2019 to 2021, when a slew of new megaprojects will get underway in downtown Seattle around the same time.…