During August and September, five artists are creating temporary art installations along Greenwood Avenue N for the Art Interruptions project. Artwork is installed along city sidewalks to offer passers-by a brief interruption in their day with a moment of surprise, beauty or humor. Locations include street infrastructure and trees, and… [ Keep reading ]
Participants in the July-August Walk Bike Ride Challenge have been switching car trips with walking, biking, and transit. It is not too late to enter the July/August Walk Bike Ride Challenge and join your neighbors. Click here to sign up today and enter to win some great prizes! We wanted… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT now has an analysis of the bicycle count data collected in Seattle for the winter, spring and summer of 2012 that can be compared to data for the same periods in 2011. This data will help planners select the best ways to make it easier to travel in Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
As neighbors in the South Lake Union community know well, the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Mercer Corridor Project has been under major construction since mid-2010. On August 27, following a full weekend closure of the I-5 on- and off-ramps at Mercer Street, this major roadway improvement project will reach a… [ Keep reading ]
Here in Seattle, the South Lake Union Streetcar has been up and running since December of 2007. Folks took over 700,000 rides on it in 2011, and ridership continues to grow. And as residents and visitors to Capitol Hill know, the First Hill Streetcar construction started back in April and… [ Keep reading ]
More Parking. Less Circling. SDOT has been working with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to provide additional information and supply of short-term parking in downtown Seattle’s Pioneer Square and waterfront neighborhoods. As part of this effort, WSDOT just launched www.DowntownSeattleParking.com – a new website featuring hours, rates and directions… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) crews have had a busy year. The first part of the year was spent installing signs, guardrail and crash cushions and now they are busy restriping our roads all across the city. Once summer turns into fall and the wet weather, crews will switch back… [ Keep reading ]
Quarterly bike counts tell us how many trips are made by bike in Seattle at various locations, but more information is needed to help planners determine the best ways to encourage more people to travel on two wheels, and how best to improve their trips. Who is riding those bicycles?… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s Arterial Major Maintenance (AMM) program maintains Seattle’s busiest streets with projects that are more extensive than filling potholes yet smaller than full road reconstruction projects. AMM project scopes vary depending on existing pavement conditions, priority of need, corridor use and loading, and available funding. While the repair needs of our streets continue… [ Keep reading ]
The NE Northgate Way & 5th Avenue NE Intersection and Pedestrian Improvements Project (say THAT fast five times) soon moves to Phase Two. This week, crews have been installing sections of stamped concrete cross walk, constructing sidewalks, paving the roadway and building a landscaped median (on NE Northgate Way just west of Fifth Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
