Brake Time

The Best Pit Stops on I-90 Between Seattle and Montana

Pull over, there's something good over here.

08/07/2025 By Allison Williams

Explainer

Where Does the Snow Go?

How Seattle and surrounding cities keep their streets and freeways plowed.

12/10/2024 By Allison Williams and Eric Nusbaum

Road Rules

Are You a Bad Seattle Driver?

Our reputation for being terrible on the road extends beyond our inability to complete a zipper merge. Test your knowledge here.

04/10/2023 By Angela Cabotaje

Road Enraged

Vision Zero or Zero Vision?

Traffic deaths have gone in the wrong direction since Seattle unveiled a goal to end them by 2030. Many observers are blaming the streets themselves.

09/29/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Curb Real Estate

A Guide to Passing the Seattle Parking Test

Nose-to-nose cars. Faded curb colors. RPZs. Here’s how to navigate the chaos of finding spots in this town.

05/05/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Map Quest

A Road Trip That Leads to Rainier

Cider, squash, and bighorn sheep: Take a drive through the rural highways that lead to Mount Rainier National Park.

03/14/2022 By Allison Williams

File Them Away

The Wackiest Bills at Washington's Legislative Session

A gubernatorial electoral college, zipper merging, a state dinosaur...it's all (technically) up for debate in Olympia this year.

01/28/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Highway Help

How to Track Highway and Pass Closures in Washington

Is I-90 shut down? Can you get over Stevens Pass? Here's the complete guide to finding up-to-date answers.

01/06/2022 By Jack Russillo

Open Secrets

The Top Things to See and Do Inside Mount Rainier National Park

More than two million people visited the park last year. How does a first-timer tackle its 369 square miles?

07/23/2019 By Allison Williams

Backseat Climber

6 Great Mountain Drives

We give you no choice but to take the scenic route.

06/08/2015 By Allison Williams

On Other Blogs

On Other Blogs Today: Building Smaller, Driving Less

Our daily roundup.

12/11/2012 By Erica C. Barnett

Article

Banning Cars on Third Avenue

What if we turned Seattle’s Third Ave over to pedestrians and cyclists?

10/08/2012 By Erica C. Barnett

Article

Trade Secrets: Beat the Traffic

Airborne traffic guru Paul Tosch offers tips on how to navigate jammed interstates.

10/08/2012 By Danielle Zorn

Jolt

Wednesday Jolt: State Residents are Driving Less

08/29/2012 By Afternoon Jolt

The C is for Crank

Joel Connelly Is Bad at Math

08/20/2012 By Erica C. Barnett

On Other Blogs

Correlation Isn't Causation, But...

01/18/2012 By Erica C. Barnett

City

Sightline Reports: Northwest Drivers Are Using Less Gas

09/14/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

The C is for Crank

Texas Increases Speed Limit to 85 (!!) MPH

09/01/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

Driving

I-5 Loves the Electric Car

Charging stations open up electric travel to Canada and Portland.

07/14/2011 By Allison Williams

On Other Blogs

Herald's Driving Stats Ignore the Hidden Costs of Driving—and Hidden Benefits of Transit

04/27/2011 By Erica C. Barnett