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Where are you supposed to stop at a stop sign?
Cars should be behind a marked line. But overgrown vegetation and worn-out lines muddy the rule.
Melissa Slager
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Roads to nowhere a part of ‘rural’ life
Connecting north-south roads across the county line would take a Herculean political effort.
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Nine months as a guinea pig for pay-by-the-mile tax study
Washington is among the states giving “road usage charges” a look. Backers say it’s fairer than gas tax.
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Is it time to kill off the ‘Dead End’ sign?
Some cities are moving away from the somber verbiage in favor of more descriptive terms.
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Solo driver? You’re far from alone
We might be gripping it in frustration, but we’re not giving up that steering wheel anytime soon.
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Edmonds pilot inspires children to seek the skies
A flight as a boy inspired Greg Bell. He’s now made 100 flights to bring in the next…
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Spawning salmon have one less barrier in an urban creek
Restoration projects like one along Highway 531 in Arlington are gradually undoing damage to habitat.
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Speed up or slow down? Sign confusion in school zone fixed
Speed limit and school zone signs near the Tulalip Campus now share a pole.
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Sorry, no turn lane planned on Highway 92 near Granite Falls
The state says it would have to widen the road to add one at Sleepy Hollow Road.
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Plans coming into focus for Highway 522, Paradise Lake Road
State transportation planners will hold an open house next week.
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Vehicle emissions testing is going by the wayside
For now, though, if your car gets the notice that it’s due for a test, you still have…
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Flash tailgaters to back off? Technically OK — with a caveat
Amber is the golden color for a reader’s idea. But a trooper warns it still might not be…
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Sinkhole near Mukilteo ferry points to larger issue
State engineers suspect there might be a hidden underground water source washing out the area.
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His job in Arlington is teaching teenagers how to drive
James Brooke talks about life beyond the giant “student driver” sticker.
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With new vendor, state says some tolling issues will improve
One switch puts each billing and customer service function out to bid.
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Who owns and maintains park-and-ride lots? It’s complicated
A tangle of three transportation agencies and other public entities are involved in maintenance.
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Why those annoying steel plates are on Broadway in Everett
They cover voids left by a disintegrated wooden pipe. It could be weeks before they’re filled.
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‘Kathy is right’: WSDOT takes up Smokey Point off-ramp issue
New paint and a sign go in at the northbound I-5 off-ramp to 172nd Street in response to…
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Edmonds school librarian named state’s best
The Washington Library Association School Library Division has named Dave Sonnen, library information specialist at Sherwood Elementary School…
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Traffic concerns linger as new Pilot J nears grand opening
A traffic study estimated the addition of 3,465 trips to the new Pilot Travel Center at Highway 530.