Operations & services

Learn about the tools we use to reduce traffic congestion and collisions, including ramp meters, traffic management centers, traffic signals and our incident response team.

Learn about Active Traffic and Demand Management (ATDM), an operational strategy for reducing collisions associated with congestion and blocked lanes.

Learn about our avalanche forecasting and control efforts to keep our transportation system reliable and safe. 

Learn about the WSDOT Incident Response Program - a traffic congestion mitigation strategy consisting of responding to, investigating, cleaning up, and clearing traffic incidents.

Learn about ramp meters and how they work.

Learn about how we prepare and prioritize our response to winter weather driving conditions.

WSDOT issues permits allowing businesses and individuals to install and remove motorist-owned tire chains

Learn about the central command centers for WSDOT's highway monitoring and response efforts.

Learn more about how traffic signals operate, and how and when they are installed.

1,557 work zone-related crashes

were recorded on state highways in 2025.

542 people were injured

in 2025 due to work zone-related crashes. 

29% increase in fatality collisions

in work zones from 2024 to 2025.