This Friday, September 19, is PARK(ing) Day, and we are excited to have 50 parks popping up around town from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.…the most ever for PARK(ing) Day in Seattle! We’ve got a new map of all the parks online—along with a list of addresses and park descriptions—to… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Design Festival begins next week and SDOT is thrilled to once again be a part of this exceptional celebration. In fact, this year’s theme, “Design in Motion,” could not be more fitting for SDOT’s involvement! The Seattle Design Festival is a two-week event that showcases innovations in design… [ Keep reading ]
Do you ever drive down a landscaped Seattle street and wonder, “Why don’t they maintain that median?” or, “Wow, I love the landscaping along this road, it really makes the neighborhood.” In Seattle, there are approximately 123 acres of landscaped public right of way and tree pits—with just 12 gardeners to… [ Keep reading ]
Ever wish you could temporarily close the street in front of your house so kids (and adults!) in your neighborhood could play freely and safely? Now you can! On May 30 of this year, Seattle’s first Play Street took place as part of the new Pilot Play Streets program. Since… [ Keep reading ]
As Seattle’s Pilot Parklet Program heats up, pedestrians around Seattle are finding new places to cool off, relax and take in the city around them. In case you aren’t familiar with Seattle’s new Parklet Program, parklets are a way for people to transform underutilized parking spaces into dynamic park spaces… [ Keep reading ]
PARK(ing) Day is September 19—just two months away—and we’re accepting applications. This is your chance to have a little fun in the street and create a pop-up park for a day! Haven’t heard of PARK(ing) Day? It’s an international event on the third Friday in September that helps to raise… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Department of Transportation Street Use & Urban Forestry team, in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities, recently completed another Tree Ambassador training. For the training, focused on street tree stewardship, all survey respondents rated the instructors as good or very good and provided written comments including: “All three of the… [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle recognizes that construction can create challenges, and now a new program is working to lessen resulting cumulative impacts, and maintain mobility. The Access Seattle initiative is an effort to balance unprecedented growth and development with the need to maintain access in the city. Three pillars support… [ Keep reading ]
As we reported back in February, the Street Use & Urban Forestry division of the Seattle Department of Transportation is embarking on a series of customer service improvements. It’s a great time to work toward enhanced efficiency, as permit applications for work in the right of way are up approximately… [ Keep reading ]
Government forms aren’t typically thought of as colorful, or, for that matter, easy to use. Enter Seattle, ever on the cutting edge! On Monday customers coming to the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Street Use Permit Counter will see a rainbow of permit application colors, differentiating lines of business, and sporting a format much… [ Keep reading ]
