SDOT’s Paving and Multi-Modal Programs teamed up to create a beautiful new complete street in the heart of Fremont. This Bridging the Gap funded project has transformed North 34th Street with new pavement, new “green” bike features, and pedestrian improvements as well. Paving crews resurfaced 34th Street from Stone Way… [ Keep reading ]
Over the past two years the SDOT Blog has covered our efforts to reduce collisions on Aurora many times. From new radar speed signs to pedestrian improvements at 130th Street and from channelization improvements at Halladay Street to our ongoing education and enforcement efforts, we are determine to reduce collisions… [ Keep reading ]
Despite the cool summer temps this year, it’s been more than twenty days since we’ve had any real rain around here. Believe it or not, Seattle is one of the driest cities in the country this time of year and SDOT takes full advantage of our annual summer drought to build new… [ Keep reading ]
Local media outlet KING 5 recently covered SDOT’s work with local neighborhoods to reduce speeding on local streets. After seeing our community oriented traffic calming signs across the city, reporter Jim Forman set out to learn more about this program. Check out the video below to see what he discovered and… [ Keep reading ]
South across 130th. East across Aurora. North across 130th. That’s how you do the “Senior Shuffle”. Or perhaps we should say that’s how you did the Senior Shuffle. Until just a few weeks ago, residents of the Broadview-Bitter Lake-Haller Lake area had to embark on quite a trek in order… [ Keep reading ]
In our ongoing effort to implement the Bicycle Master Plan, SDOT recently completed installing new bike lanes on 20th Avenue NW in Ballard. Seattle’s freshest bike facilities run for one half mile in both directions on 20th from Market Street to NW 65th Street. Cyclists that aren’t comfortable riding… [ Keep reading ]
More than 2,200 pay stations line our city streets in neighborhood business districts and the downtown core making it easier for people to pay for parking. Most people have become accustomed to using these high tech parking tools that enable parkers to use cash or credit to pay for on… [ Keep reading ]
Radar speed signs have been popping up throughout the city over the past few years. More than 20 radar speed signs currently line our local arterial streets displaying the posted speed limit and the speed of oncoming vehicles. These signs are intended to educate drivers by providing direct feedback to… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s Safe Routes to School Program hosted a table at West Seattle Elementary School’s Multicultural Fair in June. The purpose of this outreach event was to share information about the 2011-2012 Pedestrian Safety for Students Program with parents, students and teachers; and highlight upcoming engineering improvements and the fall 2011 in-classroom education… [ Keep reading ]
As we quickly approach the long holiday weekend we thought it would be a good time to go over some safety tips for biking with kids. Whether biking on Alki, the Burke Gilman Trail, or around a campground this weekend, here are a few basics to keep in mind before… [ Keep reading ]
