Ballard has become one of Seattle’s most popular and fastest-growing neighborhoods. Featuring great places to live, shop and play, it is also home to many maritime and industrial jobs. As the neighborhood grows, it is important to identify and prioritize ways to make it easier to walk, bike and ride… [ Keep reading ]
The Maintenance Operations Division of SDOT is responsible for keeping street pavement clean and in good repair. Part of that job involves microsurfacing selected residential streets each summer, to seal out water and sun to extend the life of the pavement. Similar to painting a house, microsurfacing applies a thin protective layer to… [ Keep reading ]
The City’s Neighborhood Street Fund (NSF) supports communities by providing funding for transportation projects identified by the community. The 2016 NSF applications are in! 140 applications came in from across the city for all types of projects from new sidewalks to festival streets. Compared to the last round in 2013,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is host to events and conventions such as the recent Emerald City Comicon which brought over 80,000 comic book and pop culture enthusiasts into downtown Seattle for four days this month. Checkout our latest Blog Video. Fan attendees of the sold-out show traveled from all over to see the… [ Keep reading ]
Recently, a SDOT Bridge Operator, Barbara Abelhauser was featured on NPR in a segment of StoryCorps on Morning Edition. In the story, Barbara says when she first took first bridge operator job, she thought she’d only stay for a year – but ended up staying for 8 years on the job in Jacksonville, Florida. Then in 2014, Barbara moved… [ Keep reading ]
After breaking ground in January with SDOT Director Scott Kubly and Mayor Ed Murray, SDOT crews have completed a new 2000-foot paved trail on Beacon Hill that gives schoolchildren a safer place to walk and bike, while traveling to and from Mercer Middle School. The new trail is part of the Safe Routes to… [ Keep reading ]
April is Earth Month. Using transit is one of the best ways to move around an urban environment and proclaim your environmental stewardship. Coupling a bike trip with your choice of transit turns a smart commute into an unbeatable combination. The City of Seattle is now experiencing unprecedented growth, and transit agencies and… [ Keep reading ]
In the first 100 days of 2016, SDOT has completed more than three dozen safety, maintenance and repair, and congestion relief projects, all funded by the $930 million Levy to Move Seattle. The completed projects include new bike parking spaces, transit improvements for a Rapid Ride line and repairs to two pedestrian stairways. Photos of the stairway… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT recently led a tour of several Council District 5 transportation projects with newly-elected Councilmember Debora Juarez. The purpose of the trip was to familiarize Councilmember Juarez with a selection of SDOT projects and to learn about her priorities for the district. The tour started along the recently-completed Olympic Hills… [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle was represented at BMW’s ReachNow car share service launch event in Capitol Hill today. The car share is the second free floating car share service in Seattle. ReachNow has been issued permits for a fleet of 370 vehicles that are made up of BMW 3 Series,… [ Keep reading ]
