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As a relatively recent Seattle transplant coming from California, WSDoT seems to be one of the worst transportation departments I've seen. The road quality, tra
by taurath 11y ago
As a relatively recent Seattle transplant coming from California, WSDoT seems to be one of the worst transportation departments I've seen. The road quality, traffic and general propensity for disaster (in the form of Bertha, bridge collapses, deathtrap viaducts, and destroyed roadways along the mountains lately) seems much higher than I remember in California. Might just be the weather, but I'd love an explanation for why its been so bad.
- zw123456 11y agoThat is completely true, I have lived here my whole life and it has always been that way. It is weird, we can build airplanes, software and tons of other great things, but the whole transportation thing is just completely baffling to Seattle for some reason.
- taurath 11y agoA friend of mine who's a civil engineer says its because the freeway exits are a mile apart rather than 1.5 miles, so that creates a lot of very short merges and ramps up traffic heavily. What really gets me is the travesty that is 405 between renton and bellevue, feels like it should be 5 lanes but its only 2 full-access lanes and there's a crash every 4 hours because of how much the road bends suddenly.