Setting vigorous project and program goals for enhancing cycling citywide, today the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) delivered to the Seattle City Council the Bicycle Master Plan (BMP) Implementation Plan. Covering work to be completed from 2015 to 2019, the five-year plan includes building nearly 33 miles of protected bike… [ Keep reading ]
Generation Y, (age 16-34) is now driving significantly less than young generations have in prior decades. According to the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), between 2001 and 2009, the average number of vehicle-miles traveled by young people (16 to 34-year-olds) decreased from 10,300 miles to 7,900 miles per capita-a 23… [ Keep reading ]
Ever wonder why? Well, here’s why! Why More Roads = More Traffic Jams Why Buses Arrive in Bunches Why Narrower Streets are Safer Why Millennials Drive Less: Many Possibilities, Few Answers Why Minneapolis’ beautiful bike freeways are totally the best Why Car Makers Are No Longer in the Transportation Industry… [ Keep reading ]
A salon and spa experience is commonly meant to be a pampering and relaxing one—sometimes even with aromatherapy. Yet for a salon in the Pike-Pine corridor the aroma nearby was anything but therapeutic, and the salon owner called on the City to clear the air. The Access Seattle team which… [ Keep reading ]
Those who travel in wheelchairs or motorized scooters, the sight impaired who use canes, or people pushing strollers or walking a bike, depend on curb ramps to easily move between the sidewalk and the street level. The sloped ramps, generally located at intersection corners, have become commonplace throughout Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
On October 4, the Elliott Bay Seawall Project installed the first segment of the new seawall face. The individual panels were lifted into place with a crane in a similar manner to how the original seawall was constructed. Because the activity is tidally influenced, this work was completed in the… [ Keep reading ]
If you’ve visited Seattle’s unique South Lake Union neighborhood lately, you’ve likely seen not only the many attractions in this booming community but also the significant construction. In fact, South Lake Union is one of the neighborhoods identified by SDOT as a construction hub, or area experiencing multiple, simultaneous construction… [ Keep reading ]
Normally this time of year we would all be breaking out our rain gear for any outdoor activity. It has been an amazing summer and early fall, but we knew it couldn’t last and the rains have returned. This may relegate many folks across the county indoors; in Seattle, rain… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s Safe Routes to School program has been recognized nationally for its significant contributions to pedestrian safety. In fact, a recent ranking by Liberty Mutual Insurance lists Seattle as the number one city in the nation for pedestrian safety and explicitly calls out Safe Routes to School for improving… [ Keep reading ]
Eric Morris from Clemson University and Erick Guerra from the University of Pennsylvania published a study in the journal Transportation entitled “Mood and Mode: Does how we travel affect how we feel?” The study looks at how levels of stress, fatigue, pain, and happiness vary across users of different transport… [ Keep reading ]
