Mark your Calendar: September 12, 6:30 -7:30 p.m. Sick and tired of cars racing through your neighborhood? Worried about the safety of pedestrians and bicycle riders on your streets – especially concerned for your own or neighbors’ children? Wish you could do something about it? Well, you can. Did… [ Keep reading ]
On Tuesday we shared a story about temporary art showing up along Greenwood Avenue. Guess what? It is now popping up along the Central Waterfront. The art is part of the Art Interruptions project and is funded by SDOT 1% for Art funds and administered by the Office of Arts… [ Keep reading ]
During August and September, five artists are creating temporary art installations along Greenwood Avenue N for the Art Interruptions project. Artwork is installed along city sidewalks to offer passers-by a brief interruption in their day with a moment of surprise, beauty or humor. Locations include street infrastructure and trees, and… [ Keep reading ]
Participants in the July-August Walk Bike Ride Challenge have been switching car trips with walking, biking, and transit. It is not too late to enter the July/August Walk Bike Ride Challenge and join your neighbors. Click here to sign up today and enter to win some great prizes! We wanted… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT now has an analysis of the bicycle count data collected in Seattle for the winter, spring and summer of 2012 that can be compared to data for the same periods in 2011. This data will help planners select the best ways to make it easier to travel in Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) crews have had a busy year. The first part of the year was spent installing signs, guardrail and crash cushions and now they are busy restriping our roads all across the city. Once summer turns into fall and the wet weather, crews will switch back… [ Keep reading ]
Quarterly bike counts tell us how many trips are made by bike in Seattle at various locations, but more information is needed to help planners determine the best ways to encourage more people to travel on two wheels, and how best to improve their trips. Who is riding those bicycles?… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s Arterial Major Maintenance (AMM) program maintains Seattle’s busiest streets with projects that are more extensive than filling potholes yet smaller than full road reconstruction projects. AMM project scopes vary depending on existing pavement conditions, priority of need, corridor use and loading, and available funding. While the repair needs of our streets continue… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is responsible for managing more than 482 stairways that can be found across the city. These stairways provide key links and connections to neighborhoods, transit, schools, and businesses. Keeping these stairway connections clear and useable is a big job! Funding for this work is provided through the… [ Keep reading ]
If you have been wondering what’s going on now at the King Street Station (KSS), you’ve got company! The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has had many inquiries about the scaffolding that now adorns the 12 story clock tower. The restoration project is now in the midst of Phase 2B… [ Keep reading ]
