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Safe Routes to School Mini Grant applications are in!

The fall application deadline has passed for the Safe Routes to School Mini Grant program and we have received this year’s crop of submissions. In all, 19 different groups submitted applications for up to $1,000 to fund their school program that encourages kids to bike or walk to school. This… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Preview

  This week, crews will continue sidewalk and landscaping work on Valley Street between Fairview Avenue North and Ninth Avenue North. Construction activities also continue on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR 99 between Valley and… Filed Under: SDOTTagged With:

Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Wrap-up

This week, crews continued sidewalk and landscaping work on Valley Street between Fairview Avenue North and Ninth Avenue North. Construction activities also continued on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR 99 between Valley and Harrison streets…. Filed Under: SDOTTagged With:

Share your ideas for a new streetcar on First Avenue

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to last night’s Center City Connector streetcar open house at Pike Place Market! Nearly 100 people attended to share their great ideas and ask questions. We presented options for running a new streetcar on First Avenue that would connect the South… [ Keep reading ]

Bridging the Gap – working to beat the calendar and shorter days.

Fall has arrived in the Northwest, although it has been somewhat atypical with lots of sunshine, fog and the lack of rain.  One thing is clear,  the days are getting shorter and darker as Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) crews work to wrap up their work for the year.  Thanks… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Preview

This week, crews will continue sidewalk and landscaping work on Valley Street between Fairview Avenue North and Ninth Avenue North. Construction will also continue on Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR 99 between Valley and Harrison streets. Activities this week… Filed Under: SDOTTagged With:

The story behind the wall!

If you drive, walk or ride a bike along Rainier Avenue you may have seen the recently completed retaining wall project that protects a portion of the 9700 block Rainier Avenue South. Like many Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) projects, the photos of the finished product are impressive, but do… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project – Weekly Construction Wrap-up

  Grading between Mercer and Valley streets.   This week, crews continued sidewalk and landscaping work on Valley Street between Fairview Avenue North and Ninth Avenue North. Construction also continued on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of… [ Keep reading ]

Connecting downtown neighborhoods and everything in between

October 29 Open House on the Center City Connector Transit Study Join Mayor McGinn and SDOT staff Tuesday, October 29, 5 – 7 pm at Pike Place Market (85 Pike Street, Elliott Bay Room on the 3rd floor of the Economy Building –location details) The Mayor and project team will… [ Keep reading ]

The First Hill Streetcar’s Other Track

  The initial section of the Broadway Cycle Track, part of Seattle’s First Hill Streetcar project, has now opened to bicyclists.  The track will improve bicycle safety in a high bike use area, and was included as an element of the project at the request of the community.  Once complete,… [ Keep reading ]