By Matt the Engineer on July 13, 2011
It’s not the fanciest graph in the world, but it’s shocking. This graph is from Clark Williams-Derry’s ongoing series Dude, Where Are My Cars? Our state road building machine is kind of like an optimistic weatherman during a drought in Ethiopia. Just wait – any day now the rain will come. They’ve been building and building [...]
Posted in roads, WSDOT
By Matt the Engineer on June 9, 2011
Searching for a good definition of “human scale” with regard to street design, I came upon an unlikely source: an Oregon Dept. of Transportation document from 1999. It’s a great reference about how to take the noisy dangerous highway that runs through your town and turn into a comfortable pedestrian-friendly main street. One particular segment [...]
Posted in walkability, WSDOT
By Matt the Engineer on December 10, 2010
And the winner is: “Seattle Tunneling Partners” (whoever that is) with a bid within 0.02% of the maximum and a grade of C- (losing bidder was also within 0.02% of the maximum and had a grade of F). The Slog has the only coverage I’ve seen so far, but there will be more… oh yes, [...]
Posted in tunnel, WSDOT
By Frank on February 22, 2010
Nice new feature from WSDOT. A live interactive map of the ferries. It’s not quite clear from the map, but it looks as if a red dot means the ferry is docked and a green icon means it’s in motion. (via)
Posted in ferries, Washington State Ferries, WSDOT
By Matt the Engineer on February 18, 2010
We all know WSDOT loves cars, but this is just sad. Go to the WSDOT home page to see their list of priorities, click on “Climate Change.” Look for their “Climate Change Tools,” click on “Moving Washington.” Notice first that this page is aimed at reducing congestion. Then notice that their first strategy is to [...]
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