Novices welcome on Saturday bicycle tour of Everett

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Novices welcome on Saturday bicycle tour of Everett

No spandex, please. It’s not a race. In fact, you don’t even have to finish the route.

Emergency funds will help fix Snohomish County’s potholes

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Emergency funds will help fix Snohomish County’s potholes

Bump. Bumpity bump, bump, bump.

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The pothole that just keeps on giving

My colleague Kari Bray noted I was working on a pothole story and sent me this:

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Reboot time: When traffic signals go out of sync

Street Smarts reader Skip Darimont, of Everett, wondered about the signal timing on Meadow Road for drivers looking…

Restriping work planned on northbound I-405

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Restriping work planned on northbound I-405

BOTHELL — The state expects to reduce travel on northbound I-405 to one lane each night this week…

Drivers see better with brighter, money-saving street lights

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Drivers see better with brighter, money-saving street lights

MUKILTEO — The Washington State Department of Transportation last month wrapped up a lighting overhaul along highways in…

Survey of US 2 trestle commuters will help guide future fix

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Survey of US 2 trestle commuters will help guide future fix

LAKE STEVENS — The state launches a survey Monday aimed at those who brave one of the region’s…

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Teens sought for summer jobs with road crews

The Washington Department of Ecology plans to hire more than 60 teenagers for summer jobs on Ecology Youth…

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Highway 522 down to one lane westbound for bridge inspection

MONROE — Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will perform a bridge deck inspection of the Snohomish…

New signal on Fourth Street will stop traffic for crosswalk

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New signal on Fourth Street will stop traffic for crosswalk

Like a lot of drivers in Marysville, Jacque Knight quickly noticed the new traffic signal going up on…

Edmonds to improve 76th Avenue intersection near high school

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Edmonds to improve 76th Avenue intersection near high school

EDMONDS — Construction to improve the intersection of 76th Avenue W and 212th Street SW by Edmonds-Woodway High…

Snow could push North Cascades Highway reopening into June

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Snow could push North Cascades Highway reopening into June

TWISP — The North Cascades Highway has only stayed closed through Memorial Day once in the past 40…

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Mukilteo taking comments on proposed transportation district

MUKILTEO — City leaders here are the latest to consider forming a transportation benefit district, which would allow…

Light rail stations in Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace need names

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Light rail stations in Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace need names

When Link light rail stations in Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace open in 2023, they will need names —…

Dispute over road repairs raises questions in Mill Creek

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Dispute over road repairs raises questions in Mill Creek

MILL CREEK — Allen and Bundie Olsen are still vacuuming up gravel tracked into their garage from their…

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Overnight closures planned for I-5 ramps at 116th St. NE

TULALIP — Ramps at the I-5 and 116th Street NE interchange will be closed overnight this week for…

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Speed sign going up on south Everett’s 19th Avenue

It’s a highway, but that doesn’t mean you can go highway speeds.

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Video record traffic stops?

Street Smarts reader Phillip Jefferies, of Bothell, asks: Does Washington state law allow citizens to record police stops?

Todd Macomber stands where many a speeding car coming down 100th Street NE used to fly right out onto the Macomber Farm pasture before the county put up guardrails. There are 14 such problem curves on which the county plans to apply a high-friction surface treatment this summer. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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County to apply high-friction treatment to problem roads

GRANITE FALLS — There was a time when Macomber Farms kept its livestock away from a pasture near…

Work continues on new 116th Street overpass

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Work continues on new 116th Street overpass

Street Smarts reader Greg Miner, of Tulalip, writes: “The 116th Street overpass on I-5 has been under construction…