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Join us for Waterfront Week!

Our Waterfront program team is revving up in preparation for March 5 to March 9 to celebrate all things waterfront and we hope you can join us! This series of events will reveal the newest design progress, share an insider’s look at how to build a seawall and get us… [ Keep reading ]

Ready for spring? Time to shake off the winter blues and walk!

According to the calendar, we are moving quickly from winter to spring and folks are looking forward to getting outside and getting active once again.  As the days get longer, it’s a great time of year for kids to walk or bike to school.   Thanks to your transportation levy… [ Keep reading ]

True or false? When it doesn’t snow,
snow and ice response crews have no work to do.

It doesn’t snow much in Seattle–not more than two or three times a times year–and in some years there is no snow at all. But that doesn’t mean SDOT’s snow and ice operations are not active the rest of the winter. Even when there is nary a snow flake in… Filed Under: SDOT

South Park Trail Talk

One of the projects planned for construction later this year is an extension of the West Duwamish Trail from where it currently ends at 2nd Avenue South and South Holden Street to 8th Avenue South and South Kenyon.  An Open House was held Tuesday evening (February 11) to review the history… [ Keep reading ]

“E” Means “Enhanced Transit Experience for Aurora!”

And that’s exactly what transit riders will be getting along Aurora Avenue N between Shoreline, north Seattle and Downtown when they use the new RapidRide E Line. This Saturday Seattle will celebrate the arrival of King County Metro Transit’s RapidRide E Line. The E Line replaces Aurora Avenue Route 358,… [ Keep reading ]

Your Transportation Levy Dollars at work – 2014, part 2

Last week’s post, part 1,  focused more on the larger projects (bridges, paving, trees and the Neighborhood Street Fund Large Projects) supported by your transportation levy – BTG.  This week we will look at the work plans for pedestrians, bikes and traffic management operations. Since the BTG initiative was passed… [ Keep reading ]

Calling all tree lovers!

Sign up to become a Tree Ambassador Do you dream of living in a tree house? Do you eagerly await the first leaf buds in the spring? Do you love to lie on your back and watch branches dancing in the breeze? Does a stroll down a tree-lined street put… [ Keep reading ]

Permit applications – a rainbow of fun!

Government forms aren’t typically thought of as colorful, or, for that matter, easy to use. Enter Seattle, ever on the cutting edge! On Monday customers coming to the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Street Use Permit Counter will see a rainbow of permit application colors, differentiating lines of business, and sporting a format much… [ Keep reading ]

There’s more to SDOT’s Stairways than meets the eye!

Due to the steep and sloping nature of Seattle’s landscape, many of Seattle’s dead-end streets are connected by pedestrian stairways. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) owns over 500 stairways, totaling over six miles. The stairways provide pedestrians short access between streets often creating shortcuts to parks, playgrounds and bus… [ Keep reading ]

Northend Repaving Project to Reopen One Stretch of Roadway while Closing Another

Construction crews working on SDOT’s North 105th/N-NE Northgate Way Improvement Project are nearing completion of the west phase of the work. This will permit the reopening of the eastbound lanes of North 105th Street between Greenwood Avenue North and Aurora Avenue North the week of President’s Day, weather allowing.  The… [ Keep reading ]