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Reporting potholes keeps getting easier – now there’s an app for that too!

If you have a smart phone (Android or iPhone), with Seattle’s Find It, Fix It app, reporting a pothole has become even easier.  With the new app, reporting a pothole  is as easy as snapping a photo of it with your smartphone, adding detailed information, and hitting submit. The map’s “drag… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project – Weekly Construction Wrap up

This week, crews continued sidewalk and landscaping work on Valley Street between Fairview Avenue North and Ninth Avenue North. Construction will also continue on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR 99 between Valley and Harrison streets…. [ Keep reading ]

Downtown Transit Corridor Gets ORCA Reading Kiosks

Work begins Saturday, October 12, on a project to install ORCA card reading electronic kiosks along the Third Avenue downtown bus corridor. The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) bus kiosks are going in at nine RapidRide stops along Third Avenue, a major downtown transit corridor that carries numerous Metro routes, including… [ Keep reading ]

First Hill Streetcar incorporates public artwork

 Theme likens streetcar power lines to thread that sews neighborhoods together The first of a number of site-integrated art pieces along the 2.5 mile route of the First Hill Streetcar was installed in front of Yesler Terrace.  Seattle artist, Claudia Fitch, has developed individual site-specific pieces mounted on the poles that… [ Keep reading ]

Don’t Drip and Drive! Fix that Drip…

FREE!!!   $125 value inspection, workshop and kit Every time you move your car and see an oil spot do you feel guilty because you should have that leak checked?  Do you keep putting it off because you’re worried about the expense?  Well, worry no more!  There is free help… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Preview

This week, crews will continue sidewalk and landscaping work on Valley Street between Fairview Avenue North and Ninth Avenue North. Construction will also continue on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR 99 between Valley and Harrison… Filed Under: SDOTTagged With:

Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Wrap up

This week, crews continued sidewalk and landscaping work on Valley Street between Fairview Avenue North and Ninth Avenue North. Construction also continued on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR 99 between Valley and Harrison streets. Activities… Filed Under: SDOTTagged With:

October is International Walk to School Month!

Join thousands of other schools across the world and encourage walking to school with a one day event on October 9th or celebrate throughout the whole month. Click here to see the list of schools registered in Seattle or to register your event today! During the month of October, kids,… [ Keep reading ]

NE 125th / Sand Point Way NE is Done! Whadya’ think?

Seattle’s Arterial Asphalt & Concrete Program has struck again, with completion of another paving project. The NE 125th Street / Sand Point Way NE Project repaved nearly five miles of roadway – Roosevelt Way NE and NE 125th Street between Interstate 5 and Sand Point Way, and Sand Point Way… [ Keep reading ]

Once Around the Web: Track that Train!

This week Amtrak released “Track a Train” an interactive map of its 300-plus daily train trips. Atlantic Cities gives us the scoop: Now travelers and train enthusiasts alike can see how slow fast a particular Amtrak train is moving at any given time. Requisite snark aside, the service looks both… [ Keep reading ]