Seattle Metblogs » flooding http://seattle.metblogs.com Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:02:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Kudos to WSDOT http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/08/kudos-to-wsdot/ http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/08/kudos-to-wsdot/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:16:36 +0000 Beth http://seattle.metblogs.com/?p=8335 My plan for this weekend involved two friends flying into Seattle, and four more friends driving up from Portland for a weekend of revelry (well, as much revelry as one can have when two of the six guests are under six months old). Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans for my weekend, and now my four friends in Oregon are not likely to be able to join the Seattle contingent.

As disappointing as this was, I’ve been extremely impressed with the communications and use of technology from the Washington State Department of Transportation. Between their blog, their Twitter feed, their Flickr photos, and their constantly updated maps, I’m feeling incredibly informed, and very happy that they’re so communicative.

If more governmental units were as open and helpful as WSDOT (who even replied to one of my Twitter questions about alternate routes), I think we’d benefit tremendously. Keep up the good work, guys!

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