Transportation

Ben Franklin Transit aims to attract ‘choice’ riders
Ben Franklin Transit’s director of planning and service development does not own a car. Keith Hall gets around the Tri-Cities...

Transportation Briefs – May 2022
Drivers may see I-90 construction delays this summer Cross-state travelers will need to add extra travel time to their trips...

Airlift Northwest to open new Eastern Washington base
Airlift Northwest, the not-for-profit air medical transport service of UW Medicine, recently opened a new helicopter base at Davenport Municipal...

Interest in flight training soars after pandemic lockdowns
Malin Bergstrom had never really planned on working in the family business. “I was going to be a veterinarian,” she...

Peninsula Truck Lines invests in Tri-City growth
Peninsula Truck Lines is based in western Washington, but the Northwest carrier is making inroads in the Tri-Cities. In 2021,...

Demand for truckers keeps CDL schools ‘busier than ever’
Truck drivers are in demand for jobs based in the Tri-Cities. Teresa Maki, owner of T...

Roundabout to alleviate Hanford traffic delayed until next year
A roundabout planned to alleviate Hanford traffic in north Richland is now delayed until next spring. A traffic circle is...

Renovated railroad trestle connects east, west
Fierce wind raked the Beverly Bridge but the challenging weather didn’t deter crowds who turned out to dedicate the Beverly...