Policies

Find information on agency rule making, our privacy policy and other agency policies. 

State agencies adopt rules to carry out state and federal laws. Learn about the rule-making process and current rule-making activity.

Learn more about our terms of service for text messaging, how to stop and start the service and who to contact for help. 

See our guidelines on establishing a link from WSDOT to an external site and how we monitor and remove links to external content where necessary. 

See our policy on our ferries' Save A Spot reservations program website and how you may and may not use the site. 

See the details of our open data policy and plan. 

Comments made on our social media platforms and blog are reviewed and screened in accordance with our comment policy. Read more on what we do and don't allow.

Read our disclaimer before making use of any travel information on this website. 

View our web privacy notice.

Slow down – lives are on the line.

Excessive speed was a top cause of work zone collisions in 2024.

Phone down, eyes up.

Work zones need our undivided attention.

It's in EVERYONE’S best interest.

96% of people hurt in work zones are drivers, their passengers or passing pedestrians, not just our road crews.