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Be Smart. Plan Ahead. Designate A Driver Seafair Weekend.

City of Seattle encourages safe travel on land and water and hopes everyone gets safely to and from wherever the weekend takes them.  Here is a link to Seafair’s page on transportation options and parking for Seafair Weekend. With this upcoming weekend’s Seafair Weekend events, the Seattle Department of Transportation… [ Keep reading ]

Traveling in Rainier Valley is About to Become Safer and Easier

Want to help make Rainier Valley a safer and more mobile place to live and work? Join SDOT at our open house on July 30 from 7-9 pm to learn about the projects improving the way people live and travel. The meeting will be held at the Rainier Community Center… [ Keep reading ]

New South Lake Union Streetcar Ticket Pay Stations!

The South Lake Union Streetcar has 9 new ticket pay stations! Buying a Streetcar ticket for a group or for all day use will become much easier with these new ticket vending machines “TVMs.” The TVMs have added functionality, allowing purchases of: Streetcar-only day passes ($4.50 adult, $3.00 youth and… [ Keep reading ]

Keeping Pedestrians Safe in Ballard at NW 65th Street and 18th Avenue NW

Early in 2015 SDOT completed another innovative project to improve pedestrian safety near the Salmon Bay School at NW 65th Street and 18th Avenue NW in Ballard. This project is another effort to help us achieve our Vision Zero goal, to end traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. …. [ Keep reading ]

Join us at the Center City Bike Network Open House tonight!

Please join us tonight for the Center City Bike Network open house to meet the project team and share your vision for the project. Tuesday, July 21, Town Hall Seattle at 1119 8th Ave from 5:00 – 7:00 PM Learn the history and next steps in the selection and design process… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project – Where We’ve been and what’s next

The Mercer neighborhood Whether you’ve attended a concert at Seattle Center, watched the Fourth of July Fireworks around Lake Union, or dined at one of the many area restaurants, you’ve probably traveled along Mercer Street at some point. For more than 40 years, the Mercer Corridor has been a sticky… [ Keep reading ]

First Hill Streetcar Testing Update

Here is a video clip of the Test Run: The new First Hill Streetcar visited all its neighborhoods from Capitol Hill to Pioneer Square on Tuesday as part of its ongoing testing program. These low-speed tests focused on the braking performance when traveling downhill in traffic. Many of our tests… [ Keep reading ]

How Should Seattle Grow? Seattle 2035: Draft Plan Published

The Seattle Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has released a Draft City of Seattle Comprehensive Plan. Entitled Seattle 2035, the Draft Plan is now available for public comment.  This important milestone brings the City one step closer to completing an updated Comprehensive Plan – our roadmap for Seattle’s next 20… [ Keep reading ]

Please Join us at our Upcoming 35th Ave SW Safety Plan Meetings

SDOT would like to invite you to our next public meetings for 35th Ave SW happening this month. Since October 2014, we’ve been working with community members and our West Seattle neighbors to get ideas on how to improve safety on 35th Ave SW. Our next open house meetings will be held… [ Keep reading ]

Levy to Move Seattle – A Recap and What’s Next

In late June, the Seattle City Council’s Special Committee on Transportation Funding voted on over a dozen amendments to the Levy to Move Seattle legislation Mayor Murray sent their way in May. The city council then voted unanimously on June 29 to place the levy on the November ballot. This… [ Keep reading ]