We’re excited to announce we’ve given our Travelers Map a makeover! Same great URL www.seattle.gov/travelers, but with a new look and new name. For those of you playing along, it used to be called the Traveler’s Information Map – we dropped that ‘Information’ bit because, well, it’s kind of implied… [ Keep reading ]
While school is out for summer, we’re excited for all the safety improvements that will be done for the start of the new school year! One of the projects we’re currently wrapping up is new sidewalks on S Orcas St in Beacon Hill. These new sidewalks extend from Beacon Ave… [ Keep reading ]
To meet our Vision Zero goal of reaching zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Seattle streets by 2030, we are proposing safety improvements in the Little Saigon neighborhood. In the last few years, there have been 40 crashes in Little Saigon, at the intersections of Rainier Ave S/S King St… [ Keep reading ]
There are lots of ways that track how people get to work, but what about trips we take around the city are not part of our daily commute, like running errands, going to the grocery store, meeting friends for coffee, heading out for a night out on the town? SDOT… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT, other transportation agencies, and accessibility professionals recently got together to learn about and discuss the needs of people living with vision disabilities at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Innovative Street Design and Accessibility Workshop. It was a learning opportunity that included a forum discussion on how street and bike lane design can… [ Keep reading ]
Two months ago, SDOT implemented a new adaptive signal control system along Mercer called “SCOOT.” While the system helped reduce travel times along the Mercer, Valley and Roy Street corridors, pedestrians initially noticed a reduction in the “walk time.” Our traffic signal staff recently gave pedestrians along Mercer Street more time to… [ Keep reading ]
For Ride Transit Month this June, transit riders pledged to keep riding transit, logged their trips, and (hopefully) won prizes! At SDOT, we’ve been working hard to make transit trips more enjoyable by doing improvements throughout the city to facilitate faster, more reliable bus service. We call these “transit spot improvements” because, oftentimes,… [ Keep reading ]
Transit is the backbone of Seattle’s transportation system – more than 60% of those who work downtown commute by bus or train! Transit saves money, reduces pollution, and moves a lot of people, so keeping those trains and buses moving is vital. Light rail and street cars need well-maintained rails to move… [ Keep reading ]
Next time you’re walking on Capitol Hill, you may notice something different about the intersections of Broadway and both Denny and John Street – changes to signal timing. We tweaked the signal timing at these two intersections to help improve safety for pedestrians. At Broadway and Denny, we installed an All-Walk phase… [ Keep reading ]
Construction to reactivate Canton Alley in the heart of Seattle’s Chinatown-International District was recently completed. Like so many of our urban alleys, its pavement had been in very poor condition and it had become a hot spot for criminal activities. However, with Canton Alley being immediately adjacent to the Wing… [ Keep reading ]
