Please be mindful that Trick-or-Treaters will be out and about, and that shorter days and drizzly weather can affect visibility. Children-involved car/pedestrian collisions are nearly twice as likely to happen on Halloween nationally, compared to other days of the year, so it’s important that kids (and their parents) stay very visible…. [ Keep reading ]
Fall has arrived in the northwest bringing rainy weather and shorter days. Statistically, there are more collisions during the darker and wetter months of the year. Seattle is actively working to raise safety awareness and improve safety on our streets through Vision Zero, the citywide plan to end traffic deaths… [ Keep reading ]
The Pedestrian Master Plan seeks to prioritize pedestrian improvements in areas of the city with the greatest need. It helps determine where to provide new sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks, and many other improvements that make it easier to walk in our neighborhoods. To inform the Plan update, we need your… [ Keep reading ]
Community outreach and input are important components in how SDOT plans and considers pedestrian improvements. For pedestrians that may have different needs due to a disability, whether permanent or temporary, having the opportunity to discuss particular challenges or recommendations with SDOT engineers has proven to be a valuable and informative learning… [ Keep reading ]
The streetcar manufacturer recently completed acceptance tests on five new streetcars for the First Hill Line. Acceptance tests focused on the performance of the streetcars to make sure they meet requirements for acceleration and braking rates, among other performance parameters. These cars are now moving into “post-performance testing” of reliability… [ Keep reading ]
Stormwater Detention System (not like in “The Breakfast Club”) is helping protect Seattle’s Waterways! If you’ve traveled along Roy St. lately, you’ve probably come across a closure between 4th Ave. N and 5th Ave. N. Crews have dug a large hole in the north side of Roy St., and are… [ Keep reading ]
Requests for construction-related closures of Seattle sidewalks will soon come under more stringent city review in an effort to make it easier and safer for people to walk here. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is proposing a revised Director’s Rule for Pedestrian Mobility in and Around Work Zones (SDOT… [ Keep reading ]
Last week we launched our new Safe Routes to School 5-Year Action Plan, Safe Streets, Healthy Schools and Communities, as part of our Vision Zero goal to end traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Want to encourage walking and biking at your school? Check out our new Safe Routes to… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT would like to thank the West Seattle community and travelers for their patience during the rechannelization construction projects along the 35th Avenue SW and SW Roxbury Street over the past month. Crews finished installing the new designs in late September and have been refining signal timing since then. The… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT crews have substantially completed the upgrading of buffered bike lanes to protected bike lanes, on NE Ravenna Blvd from E Green Lake Way N to University Way NE and along 15th Ave NE from Cowen PL NE to NE 62nd ST. Crews also improved intersections along the way and… [ Keep reading ]
