This week, crews will continue to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street, Ninth Avenue North and Westlake Avenue North, north of Mercer Street. Crews are also continuing construction on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of… Filed Under: SDOT
You’ve heard of men at work, well, we have goats at work! About 62 goats have moved to the Pine Street Hill Climb for another week of urban grazing. This area is hard for machines and humans to reach, but the herd quickly strips the incline of blackberries, thistles and… [ Keep reading ]
Have you ever wanted to close a street for a block party but just weren’t sure how to do it? Have you ever participated in PARK(ing) Day and wished it could last longer than an afternoon? Or have you ever wondered whether you could turn the planting strip in front… [ Keep reading ]
Work that began just two weeks ago to repave NE 125th Street is already showing results (the good kind, I mean). Besides the necessary but not so welcome barricades, with some keeping traffic from heading east up NE 125th to Sand Point Way, there’s also newly ADA-compliant sidewalks gracing the NE… [ Keep reading ]
This week, crews continued to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street, Ninth Avenue North and Westlake Avenue North, north of Mercer Street. Crews also continued construction on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR… Filed Under: SDOT
Grist, the Seattle-based environmental news and commentary site, recently unveiled a fantastic new video about cycling in urban environements. The streets of Seattle were cast to play the role of “urban environment” with a strong supporting performance from none other than Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn! The video is not really aimed at “mustachioed hipsters on their superbad… [ Keep reading ]
Have we passed peak car? A new analysis suggests we may have. Here’s why you should still be skeptical. Peak oil, peak car, what’s next? Peak streets? Cars and trucks don’t kill pedestrians and cyclists; people kill pedestrians and cyclists. Accidentally re-framed and blameless? Driver-less cars aren’t on the road… [ Keep reading ]
Bicyclists, now you can ride up and be counted on the South Spokane Street swing bridge. The new bike counter on the bridge began operating today. This may be the busiest cycling location in South Seattle, and it is a key route that most cyclists from West Seattle use to access downtown, which is… [ Keep reading ]
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Seattle Section presented the Local Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (LOCEA) Awards on June 12; these awards recognize “projects that have improved the quality of life and contributed to the economic development of the local community, area or region.” King Street Station captured top… [ Keep reading ]
The 2012 Bridging the Gap (BTG) Annual Report is now complete and available on-line. 2012 was the sixth year of the levy program and was once again a successful year for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). You can view the report on-line here. Bridging the Gap is… [ Keep reading ]
