While school is out for summer, we’re excited for all the safety improvements that will be done for the start of the new school year! One of the projects we’re currently wrapping up is new sidewalks on S Orcas St in Beacon Hill. These new sidewalks extend from Beacon Ave… [ Keep reading ]
To meet our Vision Zero goal of reaching zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Seattle streets by 2030, we are proposing safety improvements in the Little Saigon neighborhood. In the last few years, there have been 40 crashes in Little Saigon, at the intersections of Rainier Ave S/S King St… [ Keep reading ]
There are lots of ways that track how people get to work, but what about trips we take around the city are not part of our daily commute, like running errands, going to the grocery store, meeting friends for coffee, heading out for a night out on the town? SDOT… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT, other transportation agencies, and accessibility professionals recently got together to learn about and discuss the needs of people living with vision disabilities at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Innovative Street Design and Accessibility Workshop. It was a learning opportunity that included a forum discussion on how street and bike lane design can… [ Keep reading ]
Two months ago, SDOT implemented a new adaptive signal control system along Mercer called “SCOOT.” While the system helped reduce travel times along the Mercer, Valley and Roy Street corridors, pedestrians initially noticed a reduction in the “walk time.” Our traffic signal staff recently gave pedestrians along Mercer Street more time to… [ Keep reading ]
