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Can a tweet about traffic make you laugh?

August 24, 2017 / 3:30 pm

caption: WSDOT tweets out a hand drawn map similar to this one every week to give communters a heads up on weekend traffic woes. This map was created by Ally Barrera.

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Jeannie Yandel speaks with Ally Barrera and Mike Allende, the minds behind two of Washington Department of Transportation's Twitter accounts, @wsdot and @wsdot_traffic. They are known for posting gifs, memes and hand drawn maps to make Seattle area traffic just a little less awful.

I had a little friend that wanted to play peekaboo with me this morning. I may or may not have giggled... pic.twitter.com/ivlfEW1v6J— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) July 28, 2017

So much going on this weekend, we don't have enough characters so we drew you a picture. https://t.co/f4UrwklwUV pic.twitter.com/8MtQPUg3vQ— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) June 24, 2016

Can't see that black bear in I-90 median on camera, but here's what it may look like. pic.twitter.com/9QddUOYzxk— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) May 30, 2014

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