The Seattle Department of Transportation Street Use & Urban Forestry team, in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities, recently completed another Tree Ambassador training. For the training, focused on street tree stewardship, all survey respondents rated the instructors as good or very good and provided written comments including: “All three of the… [ Keep reading ]
Every 10-15 years the steel structure of the Fremont Bridge gets repainted to preserve the steel structure from the elements. This is no simple undertaking as the bascule bridge not only has lots of nooks and crannies to clean and prep and prime and paint, but the vast majority of the… [ Keep reading ]
Step 1: Watch this White House white board video starring Joe Biden White House White Board: Vice President Biden on Rebuild America Step 2: Pick your 10 favorites from these links and read them. Talk to your friends and loved ones about these issues. President Obama to unveil infrastructure funding… [ Keep reading ]
“Complete Streets” is an approach to planning, designing, and operating streets so that they provide safe, convenient and comfortable travel for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, transit riders, and freight. Complete Streets improvements can include safety-enhancing elements such as providing new and/or wider sidewalks, improved pedestrian crossing treatments, enhanced… [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle is continuing to expand its bicycle network to make cycling more comfortable for people of all ages and abilities, and neighborhood greenways play a key role in helping us get there. Over the past year, we have seen some very positive increases in ridership on a… [ Keep reading ]
It may be summer but SDOT’s Safe Routes to School program doesn’t take a break! On July 8, SDOT hosted a meeting to discuss school traffic safety at the Boren School building in the Delridge neighborhood. The goal of the meeting was to develop a traffic circulation plan to be… [ Keep reading ]
Our hearts go out to the many people around the nation who have lost their loved ones or their homes as a result of a natural disaster or other major emergency–whether by fire, flood, winter storm, landslide, or some other event. These tremendous losses are a reminder that we need… [ Keep reading ]
Residents living in the vicinty of SW Roxbury Street will receive the postcard pictured above next week inviting them to Design Alternatives Review meeting for this road safety corridor project. Launched in response to community concerns, SDOT has conducted extensive public outreach and we’ve developed several different engineering options to… [ Keep reading ]
Whether it is the summer weather, bike riders becoming familiar with its presence, or a combination of the two, ridership on the two-way Broadway Protected Bike Lane (PBL) is growing at an encouraging pace. The first protected bike lane in the central city seeks to separate bicycle traffic from vehicular… [ Keep reading ]
(Click photo for larger version) In August, crews working on the North Access contract near the SR 99 tunnel’s north portal will replace the bridge on SR 99 over Broad Street. Not sure what bridge we’re talking about? Don’t worry. Even the most seasoned SR 99 commuter may not realize… [ Keep reading ]
