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CityTrip - Helping you navigate the byways, highways and waterways in Seattle  Fun Facts: Seattle, covering 238 square kilometers, is built on steep hills and surrounded by bodies of water. The city is laced together with bridges that open to let ship traffic through and close to let land traffic across.
Seattle is shaped like an hourglass; Interstate 5 runs north-south up the middle of the city. There are other State-owned and run highways such as I-90 and I-405, as well as 1,524 lane miles of arterial throughways, 2,706 lane miles of streets and major thoroughfare structures such as the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The city's transit commuters are served by 4 different regional transit companies; Metro Transit, Pierce Transit, Community Transit and Sound Transit. On any given day, about 250,000 automobiles are in use in Seattle; 100,000 cars, taxis and trucks compete for space in Central Business District alone. The city has a parking meter program in the business districts and a residential parking zone program in some neighborhoods. Depending on time of year, between 4,000 - 8,000 people commute around the city on bicycles. Seattle has 27 miles of off-street bikeways. A key city bikeway is the Burke-Gilman Trail. Traffic Flow and Road Conditions Traffic Congestion MapCentral Puget Sound Travel Times Seattle Area Flowmaps - North Detail Seattle Congestion Map West Seattle Congestion Map South Seattle Area Bridges Traffic Conditions Seattle Center Traffic Hotline Information Statewide Travel Alerts and Slowdowns Live Traffic Cameras SDOT Traffic CamerasKing County Commute traffic cameras Snoqualmie Pass Report and Camera Stevens Pass Report and Camera Tacoma Area Cameras Trip Maps Airport and Harbor MapsBicycle Maps and Trails Routes Carpool Parking in Downtown Seattle Map Ferry Route Maps Metro Bus Timetables and Route Maps Transit Metro Trip PlannerMETRO Online Metro Transit's Lost & Found Amtrak BusView Ferries - Washington State Ferries Gray Line of Seattle Greyhound Kitsap Transit Northwest Trailways Olympic Bus Lines Port of Seattle Smart Trek Transit Watch Sound Transit Pierce Transit (Pierce County) WSDOT Public Transportation and Transit Division WSDOT Rail Division Direction Finders Google MapsWindows Live Local Map Quest Yahoo Map and Location Finder Disclaimer: SDOT does not control or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on the above-linked web sites. Other Resources Driver Guide, Rules and Laws in Washington - Washington StateRules of the Road - Washington State Federal Highway Association National Weather Service Public Schools Emergency Communications System U.S. Department of Transportation Washington State Department of Transportation |
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