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Opinion: Driving between Vancouver and Wilsonville at 5 p.m.? ODOT plans to charge you $15
Joe Cortright of City Observatory states that ‘tolls don’t need to be nearly this high to better manage traffic flow and assure faster travel times. ’
Opinion: Non-existent cost controls for the $7.5-billion Interstate Bridge replacement project
Joe Cortright addresses the estimated cost of the Interstate Bridge replacement project, which has ballooned as high as $7. 5 billion.
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates the story of the Interstate Bridge
Re-Imagined Radio will pay tribute to the 106-year-old Interstate Bridge in February with an episode titled “A Mighty Span. ”
Washington gas prices continue to spike as state readies for carbon auctions
While fuel prices have been rising slightly when looking at the national average, citizens of the Evergreen State are still firmly on the expensive end of the market nationwide.
Transportation commission wants all Washington roads to be toll roads
In a report submitted to Gov. Jay Inslee and the Washington Legislature, the Washington State Transportation Commission proposed a new tax scheme to replace falling fuel tax revenues.
Washington Department of Transportation faces $600M projected shortfall
Residents of Washington already pay the third highest fuel excise taxes in the nation at 49. 4 cents per gallon.
Washington gas prices reverse course after 13-week decline
After more than thirteen straight weeks of price declines, Washington fuel prices increased this week.
Transportation Commission to hear I-5 bridge, tolling technology and airport study updates
The upcoming Jan. 18 and 19 meeting of the Washington State Transportation Commission will cover several topics including the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project, emerging tolling technologies…
Government watchdog group threatens litigation over Washington’s 2022 transportation package
Washington-state-based Citizen Action Defense Fund says a bill passed by the state Legislature last year as part of an ambitious transportation package violates the single subject provision of the…
Intermittent nighttime lane closures on southbound I-5 and I-205 in Clark County, Jan. 10
WSDOT contractor will close lanes of southbound I-5 and I-205 while they remove samples from the newly installed concrete panels along the interstates.
Opinion: ODOT is gassed up and ready to go on tolling
ODOT is gassed up and ready to go with tolling, but they have no idea where they’re going or what they’ll do once they get there.
Washington gas prices fourth highest in the nation
On Monday, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded was $3.88 statewide.
The National Transportation Safety Board reports 119 deaths while using electric bikes, scooters
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center believes the scooter companies continuing to provide scooter services should pay their fair share for road improvements to run their services safely.
Opinion: Tolling’s political pileup
If the Oregon Department of Transportation has its way, Portland-area freeways won’t be free for much longer. Tolling is coming to Oregon, and it’s coming in about two years.
New passenger trains coming to the I-5 corridor
A new fleet of Northwest-themed Amtrak Cascades trains will transport passengers in style between Seattle, Vancouver, BC, Portland and other stations along the I-5 corridor when eight new train set…
C-TRAN Board extends fare reduction
The C-TRAN Board of Directors on Tuesday approved an extension of C-TRAN’s current fares, keeping them at a reduced level through 2023 and beyond.
‘What good is a shiny new bridge when our kids can’t safely cross the street in our neighborhoods?’
On Monday, Administrator Greg Johnson and the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) Project Team presented their updated $6-7. 5 billion cost estimate to the bi-state committee of Oregon and Washingt…
Washington gas prices fall 21 cents for second week
On Monday, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded was sitting at $4.10 statewide, down from $4.31 the week prior, according to AAA data.