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Two-Way Mercer Moves Closer to Reality

For decades, the “Mercer Mess” has been one of the City’s most significant transportation challenges.  Each day some 80,000 vehicles, along with growing numbers of pedestrians and bicyclists, enter and exit I-5 at Mercer Street, making it a critical east/west route for keeping people, goods, and services moving.  While eastbound… [ Keep reading ]

Once Around The Web: Smorgasbord!

It’s a tasty smorgasbord of transportation links for you to stuff your face with!  Driving is all that. NOT! Driving is so 1995, chart shows Food for thought: Grocery Delivery Service Is Greener Than Driving to the Store Is Seattle the next Toronto? Toronto’s waterfront makeover a huge money maker,… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Mother’s Day: Score FREE Parking at Waterfront Garages

Don’t forget Sunday is Mother’s Day! As we reported last week, patrons visiting the Waterfront can take advantage of FREE parking this Mother’s Day in Seattle. Helping to make the trip an easy one despite nearby construction, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and City of Seattle have teamed… [ Keep reading ]

Six bridges and counting!

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) operates and maintains more than 149 bridges across the city.  Each bridge provides a key link between our neighborhoods and business districts and helps keep goods and services moving throughout the city. With funding provided by the voter approved Bridging the Gap (BTG)… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Preview

This week, crews will continue to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street and Westlake Avenue N north of Mercer Street and signal installations at Dexter Avenue N, Broad Street and 5th Avenue N. Activities this week include:

Pedestrian improvements for Roxhill and Olympic Hills Elementary Schools

In 2010, SDOT began Safe Routes to School programs at Olympic Hills Elementary and Roxhill Elementary. At that time, both school communities identified pedestrian improvements as one of their top priorities. Olympic Hills wanted to improve the walking route to school between the school and the Lake City branch library… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase)
Weekly Construction Wrap-Up

This week, crews continued to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street and Westlake Avenue North, north of Mercer Street and signal installations on Dexter Avenue North, Broad Street and Fifth Avenue North. Activities this week included:

Extra DUI Patrols this Weekend

The Seattle Department of Transportation hopes everyone  enjoys a happy and safe Cinco de Mayo weekend and we’d like to remind everyone to plan ahead if you plan to drink. If you’re going to party, be sure to select a designated driver who will remain sober and get you home safely. Don’t… [ Keep reading ]

Hooray for volunteers!

Sustainability has champions, hooray! For the last two years, the hard working and community minded members of Out For Sustainability have volunteered their time and energy to help Seattle. For the group’s Earth Gay event on Earth Day 2013, April 20, hundreds participated to clean-up the Cheshiahud Loop Trail, along Lake Union. The volunteers… [ Keep reading ]

Evening Magazine 4/30/2013

We are thrilled that Meeghan Black of KING 5’s  Evening Magazine hosted her show from the newly restored King Street Station on Tuesday, April 30. Various interesting local places, people and things were featured on the show, and between each segment (the 6 videos posted here) Meeghan is shown back at King Street Station… [ Keep reading ]