It’s the 12th Annual National Dump the Pump Day, sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), encouraging people to ride public transportation and save money! According to the APTA, in the Seattle area, you can save nearly $1,000 a month, or $12,000 a year by riding transit! Riding public transit… [ Keep reading ]
Do you live, work, or play in Columbia City? After a year of outreach and parking studies through the Community Access and Parking Program, we’ve heard (and seen) that parking spaces are hard to find in Columbia City and that certain streets can be difficult to navigate. We shared a… [ Keep reading ]
Students and parents at John Rogers Elementary school got a little extra something before being sent off into summer break. The Safe Routes to School program and Seattle Police Department came together last week to reward students and parents for safe walking, biking and driving behavior. Before the first morning… [ Keep reading ]
You may notice an unusual crowd in Belltown this week if you happen to go by Western Ave and Battery Street – goats! A herd of 60 of our furry friends from Rent-A-Ruminant are back to help clear overgrown vines, shrubs and blackberry bushes on some of the steep slopes around the city…. [ Keep reading ]
The Youth ORCA program is wrapping up its first full school year! And it’s been a great year – students in the program have taken 374,000 transit trips this school year – that’s a savings of $565,000 for the 2,500 students in the program! The ORCA cards students are using… [ Keep reading ]
You probably know that curb ramps help people travel from the sidewalk down to the street crossing, particularly people living with disabilities and those who use wheelchairs and other mobility devices. But did you know, if you are living with a disability, you can request to have curb ramps installed… [ Keep reading ]
Thanks to the Levy to Move Seattle, every three years, we can fund large community-requested projects. In March, we launched outreach on the 12 Neighborhood Street Fund projects selected in late 2016, and we’ve received great feedback. One project in particular has received a lot of attention: the Holman Rd… [ Keep reading ]
When you plan a night out in Seattle, you think about which route you’ll take, right? And whether you’ll go by bus or catch an Uber or a Lyft? If you drive, you’ll probably use an app to check traffic before you leave, right? But do you think about where… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT and our partners are celebrating our investments in Seattle’s transit system and we want to thank YOU, the riders who are using it. Whether you’re on a bus, light rail, train, ferry, vanpool, water taxi, or streetcar, enjoy the ride and know that you’re part of a great movement in… [ Keep reading ]
More than 50 people turned out on one of the nicest evenings of the year to join Mayor Ed Murray, District One Councilmember Lisa Herbold, and SDOT and other City staff in Highland Park last week, for the most recent Find It, Fix It community walk of 2017. We talked with… [ Keep reading ]
