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Aug 16, 2016, 12:40 PM

Ford vows to mass-produce fully autonomous cars by 2021 for ride-sharing

Ford Motor Co. says it’s aiming to mass-produce fully autonomous vehicles for ride-sharing and ride-hailing services within five years – and it’s… Read More

Aug 12, 2016, 11:16 AM

New photos: Panorama of Seattle’s north tunnel entrance shows off transformed corridor

If you’ve lost track of how long Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine has been underground (mostly) working on Seattle’s… Read More

Aug 9, 2016, 7:00 AM

The gift of Lyft: Company offering $20 cards only at Starbucks — plus riders can earn rewards for coffee

Giving the gift of coffee is a pretty tried and true expression of gratitude, it would seem, based on the ubiquity… Read More

Aug 8, 2016, 12:30 PM

Video: Watch how they made the 14,260 concrete segments for the Seattle tunnel’s outer wall

The double-decker highway that will eventually run beneath Seattle will sit inside a concrete tube that is as tall as… Read More

Aug 8, 2016, 11:02 AM

Lyft to give riders the ability to add an extra stop — to grab a friend or a bottle of wine

Tweaking your ride-sharing route without tweaking your driver is a delicate undertaking, but Lyft is building a new feature into… Read More

Aug 5, 2016, 3:32 PM

Photos: Amazon’s first ‘Prime Air’ cargo jet takes spotlight at Seattle’s Seafair air show

Amazon’s first branded cargo jet made its daylight debut today at Seattle’s Boeing Seafair Air Show, but not before show… Read More

Aug 4, 2016, 9:01 PM

First Amazon Prime airplane debuts in Seattle after secret night flight

The first freighter jet to carry the Amazon brand is primed for its public debut in Seafair’s sunny skies, after making a… Read More

Aug 1, 2016, 10:59 AM

Tesla and SolarCity boards approve Elon Musk’s $2.6 billion merger deal

The boards of directors for Tesla and SolarCity, two companies that have billionaire Elon Musk as a top executive, have… Read More

Aug 1, 2016, 10:23 AM

Don’t forget the kid: Waze adding feature to remind drivers that someone is in the back seat

The traffic up ahead and the time to your destination will hardly matter if once you get there you forget… Read More

Jul 25, 2016, 5:33 PM

Solar Impulse ends first solar-powered flight around the world in Abu Dhabi

Solar Impulse’s history-making 22,000-mile flight around the world ended tonight with a solar-powered landing in the dark in Abu Dhabi, where it… Read More

Jul 23, 2016, 4:29 PM

Solar Impulse plane takes off from Egypt on final leg of round-the-world odyssey

The Swiss-built Solar Impulse 2 airplane rose into the skies over Cairo, Egypt, tonight to finish off its 16-month, 22,000-mile, fuel-free… Read More

Jul 20, 2016, 11:59 AM

There’s a spot! INRIX data helps power new parking tool in app run by shopping mall owner

Searching for a great parking spot at the mall can be a bit of a challenge, especially during busier shopping… Read More

Jul 19, 2016, 10:46 AM

Urban mobility study finds Car2go model removes more vehicles from streets and reduces emissions

A first-of-its-kind study on the impact of the one-way car sharing service Car2go has found that the transportation model reduces the number… Read More

Jul 19, 2016, 8:55 AM

Concur and Uber expand business travel partnership

Uber and Bellevue, Wash.-based travel expense platform Concur are expanding on a partnership inked two years ago. The new agreement… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 4:27 PM

Mercedes-Benz autonomous bus uses CityPilot technology to travel a route straight into the future

The Mercedes-Benz city bus of the future — appropriately called Future Bus — completed a milestone journey that showcased how… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 12:39 PM

Uber reaches 2-billion-rides milestone just six months after recording its first billion

Uber needed about six years to register its first one billion rides through its app and just six months to… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 5:34 PM

How your future car’s virtual driver will take advantage of computing in the cloud

The car of the future may well be controlled by a certified virtual driver that relies on the cloud for… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 12:00 PM

Video: How a double-deck highway is built inside the Seattle tunnel — with enough concrete for 9 football stadiums

Seattleites caught up in the twists and turns and starts and stops of Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine, might lose… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 3:19 PM

Call 911 and get an Uber? Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS looking for solution to ease strain on department

The Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS Department is so taxed by 911 calls that officials are looking into whether Uber… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 10:53 AM

Video: Amazing look at the dark, dirty and difficult work of changing Seattle tunnel machine’s cutting tools

Next time I think about requesting a stand-up desk or I ask for the air conditioning to be adjusted near my desk, I’m… Read More

Jul 11, 2016, 3:07 PM

Pokémon Go players urged not to ‘catch and drive’ as police, transportation departments tweet over craze

As the Pokémon Go phenomenon explodes in popularity, drivers in Seattle, Washington State and around the country are being reminded… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 3:31 PM

Ex-Seattleite touts arrival of all-in-one transportation app Citymapper after leaving city to work for company

An ex-Seattleite loved the award-winning transportation app Citymapper so much that he left Seattle to move to London to work… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 3:09 PM

Alaska Airlines wins tentative approval to fly Seattle-L.A.-Havana route to Cuba

The U.S. Department of Transportation today gave its tentative go-ahead for Alaska Airlines to fly between Los Angeles and Havana, the capital of… Read More

Jun 29, 2016, 7:40 AM

Under pressure: Seattle tunnel contractors show what it takes to work safely on Bertha

High above the spot where Bertha, the SR 99 tunnel machine, sits idle during a scheduled maintenance stop, workers with Seattle… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 4:20 PM

Seattle’s tunnel machine Bertha reaches pit stop; workers face hyperbaric challenge 120 feet down

Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine, is nearly a third of the way along its path to create a new… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 10:35 AM

Columbus, Ohio, wins $50M in Vulcan-sponsored Smart City Challenge to transform transportation

Columbus, the capital city of Ohio, has been awarded $50 million as winner of the Smart City Challenge, an initiative designed… Read More

Jun 17, 2016, 10:56 AM

NASA gets first official X-plane in a decade: Electric craft named X-57 Maxwell

NASA says it has received its first X-plane designation in a decade, for a research aircraft that has 14 electric… Read More

Jun 10, 2016, 10:34 AM

Washington State Ferry system to end WiFi service for passengers June 30

WiFi service on Washington State Ferries (WSF) is ending June 30, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced Thursday. Data-enabled… Read More

Jun 9, 2016, 10:34 AM

Uber rolling out Scheduled Rides in Seattle as app chases Lyft’s similar feature

A few weeks after Lyft began testing a feature that lets passengers set up rides in advance, Uber is rolling out… Read More

Jun 5, 2016, 9:33 AM

New photos: With viaduct in rear view, Bertha begins tunneling under downtown Seattle

Since getting beyond the delicate work of crossing beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct in May, Bertha the SR 99 tunneling machine has… Read More