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The buses are coming, the buses are coming…thanks to Bridging the Gap!

  Bus trips from West Seattle and Ballard to Downtown will soon be easier and more efficient!  Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Transportation initiative, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been working closely with King County Metro to implement two new RapidRide corridors and on September 29… [ Keep reading ]

Celebrate SDOT Workers: Part 4—Terry Denton

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. In honor of the holiday and our hard working employees, we are using the next few Fridays to blog about them. Today we are blogging about Terry Denton, Information Technology Systems and… [ Keep reading ]

Neighborhood Street Fund Improves East/West Connection

Thanks to community members and the City’s Neighborhood Street Fund Program a key east/west connection is safer and better serves all travel modes.  Along Othello and Myrtle, between Seward Park and Beacon Avenue S, gravel shoulders had cyclists risking a slide into vehicles and vehicles were left scrambling for better driveway… [ Keep reading ]

The Pirate Speaks, “Learnin’ how t’ Park”

Ahoy mateys! Today, September 19, be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. In honor, SDOT be post’n two educational videos that we made this summer to highlight our salt-blastedly new on-street parking rules in many Seattle neighborhoods.  Th’ videos have special guests relevant fer today. After 5 After 5 provides… [ Keep reading ]

Spokane Street Viaduct Project Nearing Completion

After some three years of construction, the Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project is nearing completion.  The long-awaited westbound consolidated on/off-ramp at First Avenue S opened to traffic on August 31 (see photo below), ending the need for those traveling from SODO to West Seattle to detour over the surface Spokane… [ Keep reading ]

Once Around the Web: Steer Clear!

Yahoo Travel has compiled a list of the top 5 world’s most dangerous roads. “We wanted to get to the bottom of exactly where caution should be taken, and found five places with perils you may not have ever considered, from South American back roads with poor track records to… [ Keep reading ]

Replacing Parking Lost to the Alaskan Way Viaduct Project

Did you hear? SDOT and WSDOT have partnered to develop a $30 million mitigation plan to address the parking lost due to the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project. This plan would create short-term parking (less than four-hours) nearby in the Seattle waterfront and Pioneer Square areas that is both convenient… [ Keep reading ]

Lace up those shoes kids, it’s walk to school time!

The school year is back in session and we are seeing more and more kids walking and biking to school.   Thanks to Bridging the Gap (BTG), five elementary schools around Seattle have new and improved walking routes in 2012. This year, Highland Park Elementary, Greenlake Elementary, Sanislo Elementary, Dearborn Park… [ Keep reading ]

Whimsical art soars above the Chief Sealth Trail

The artwork, each atop a 11-foot-high column on either side of Beacon Avenue South,   shows winged helmeted bicyclists (a boy on a pink column and a girl on a blue column) riding above clouds. Webb states “The two bicycle riders represented in this piece ride among the clouds, as all do… [ Keep reading ]

Celebrate SDOT Workers: Part 2— David Leask

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. In honor of the holiday and our hard working employees, we are using the next few Fridays to blog about them. Today we’d like to introduce you to David Leask, Senior Operator… [ Keep reading ]