Just in time for Spring, the Streetcar is beginning to tweet! You can sign up for your twitter messages at: http://twitter.com/thestreetcar . The twitter will bring you updates on the streetcar planning process, unexpected delays in current service such as the South Lake Union Streetcar derailment last week, and… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT just completed building a new curb bulb across from Garfield High School and adjacent to a local daycare. The pedestrian improvement at 23rd Avenue and E Terrace Street shortens the crossing distance for pedestrians by narrowing the street opening. In addition, the newly-installed curb ramps not… [ Keep reading ]
Bridging the Gap is a transportation maintenance and improvement program approved by voters in 2006. It allows SDOT to make investments in needed infrastructure improvements. On 15th Avenue South in the Beacon Hill neighborhood these funds helped improve conditions for drivers, bikers and pedestrians. In conjunction with repaving 15th Avenue South between Beacon… [ Keep reading ]
Given SDOT’s goals to make walking a strong option for getting around Seattle, it might interest you to know that there are, in fact, rules governing pedestrian accessibility by construction sites. In fact, the SDOT construction traffic section sets pedestrian safety as its number one priority in consideration of… [ Keep reading ]
