Bridging the gap – The South Park Bridge over the Duwamish River near King County International Airport could be the poster child representing the county’s budget challenges. The 74-year old bridge is due for replacement, but the county doesn’t have the money to build a new bridge by itself, and is looking for solutions while working with the community on the plan to build a better bridge.

Pass Sales – Metro Transit is making it faster and easier for passengers to ride the bus, with a "pass program" that is quickly growing in popularity. It beats paying an individual fare every time you ride the bus.

New budget  – This may have been the most difficult budget ever put together by the King County Department of Transportation, because of the loss of vehicle license revenue’s, a major source of funding for the department, combined with increasing  expenses. Shortly after the budget was presented to the county council, we  sat down with King County Department of Transportation Director Harold Taniguchi to talk about the choices that  were made in putting the budget together and the effect they will have on the department of transportation in the upcoming year.