Summer is almost here (or so we’ve heard!) and soon we can enjoy outdoor dining again. Last year, we launched our new fence-free design option for sidewalk cafes, which allows restaurants to mark off permitted sidewalk cafes with pavement markers instead of the standard 42-inch high fences. Five fence-free sidewalk cafes have… [ Keep reading ]
This Mother’s Day weekend, we pause to appreciate the maternal people in our lives for all the things they’ve taught us, and do for us. What better time to appreciate the many things that SDOT’s flower-filled roadside landscapes do for us throughout the year? We all enjoy the beauty of the… [ Keep reading ]
The Right-of-Way Improvements Manual ten-year update is nearing completion! It will be featured on a new and improved website, Streets Illustrated, and will help to illustrate the future and provide guidance for how to design city streets. What’s included? New street types that reflect the adjacent land use, How to… [ Keep reading ]
Grab your helmet and bike along with your backpack—today is Bike to School Day and May is Bike to School Month! People of all ages throughout the country are encouraged to commute to school (or work) actively and safely on their bicycle. Safe Routes to School is excited to celebrate… [ Keep reading ]
We recently launched a new signal timing system along the Mercer corridor, an ‘Adaptive Signal System’ called SCOOT, which uses algorithms and sensors to adjust signal timing to adapt and respond to real-time traffic conditions. SCOOT was installed on Mercer St from 3rd Avenue W to Fairview Avenue N (at I-5) and… [ Keep reading ]
Who’s orange and obsessed with sidewalks? SDOT’s sidewalk interns! This summer, our interns will be hitting the streets with levels, tape measures, tablets, and bright orange safety vests to conduct a condition survey of Seattle’s sidewalks, for our SDOT Sidewalk Condition Assessment Project. Seattle has over 34,000 blocks – that’s 2,300 miles – of… [ Keep reading ]
We are excited to announce Pike People Street 2017! Every Saturday in July and August, designated blocks in the Pike/Pine neighborhood will become pedestrian-only streets from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. We’ll also be creating more space for pedestrian activity on the second Thursdays of the month to coincide with… [ Keep reading ]
After the wettest winter ever recorded in Seattle, we needed to add extra resources to respond to the thousands of potholes on our streets, so, we launched Pothole Palooza 2017. We were able filled over 8,700 potholes throughout the city in just two weeks, thanks to our amazing repair crews… [ Keep reading ]
We recently completed street and sidewalk reconstruction on 23rd Avenue from S Jackson Street north to E John Street as part of the first phase of the 23rd Avenue Corridor Improvements Project and we were invited to observe a local deaf-blind person walk part of the improved corridor. Alberto Gonzales, who lives in… [ Keep reading ]
A number of demonstrations and rallies are expected to significantly impact traffic around the city throughout the day. Please plan ahead for delays due to larger than normal crowds along demonstration routes and potential traffic disruptions. Annual May Day March for Workers and Immigrant Rights: After a rally at Judkins… [ Keep reading ]
