traffic

Initiatives are the essence of democracy because they let regular people make laws on issues that a legislature wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole (or poll).

Because we expect to be stuck in traffic for at least a few more years, here are a few rules of the road. Helpful hints to make the commute a little easier. At least until we get both a light rail and more roads.

Tim Eyman, like state and local government, is left pleading for the public to loose its purse, since his primary financier, Mike Dunmire, has cut Eyman off, choosing instead to buy pony rides for people with disabilities.

Washington begins an effort to relegate traffic to the working poor when High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes open Saturday on SR 167. For some extra cash, anywhere up to $9, single-occupancy cars can pay extra to ride in the carpool lane, and to avoid the annoyance of carpooling.

Get this man some Sudafed. Dino Rossi promises to make “congestion relief” the number one priority. He even held his finger in the air for emphasis, “number one.” Congestion used to be known as “traffic,” but it’s evolved from a situation into a disease.  read more »