GreenDOT is SDOT’s continuing effort to improve our practices to protect the environment and create a sustainable transportation system that makes it easier to walk, bike and take transit. We have a goal to get international ISO 14001 EMS Certification by 2012 for what we are putting in place to… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s Safe Routes to School program has completed three projects that will significantly improve walking routes to schools. One block from Concord Elementary School in the South Park neighborhood, SDOT completed a crossing improvement that connects Concord Elementary School with the new Cesar Chavez Park and the heart of the… [ Keep reading ]
Paving work along Marion Street is going well, with the south side concrete curb lane between First and Third avenues now complete. Crews are working steadily up the hill, placing funny green wire things before the concrete is poured. The green “load transfer baskets,” like you see in this photo… [ Keep reading ]
Work on the Ferry Avenue/California Way/Harbor Avenue slope stabilization project started this week and will last through approximately early-mid September. After that, crews will begin working on the retaining wall portion which is expected to last through mid-late October. The project will restore and stabilize the steep slope, stabilize and provide integral… [ Keep reading ]
Answer: Everything but asphalt and concrete work. That’s why weather forecasts keep project managers up at night. The possibility of rain means paving plans turn on a dime. As the saying goes “success favors the prepared” and project managers (PM) are nothing if not prepared. They plan for transportation projects… [ Keep reading ]
Good news for downtown traffic due to a ‘round-the-clock effort by paving crews: Yesterday morning Stewart Street opened back up to two lanes and the afternoon rush-hour bus-only restriction between Westlake and Second Avenue was removed. Getting there – and a week ahead of schedule – wasn’t easy. Simultaneously last… [ Keep reading ]
Does this photo from the South Spokane St project show more than 100 tiny soil-traversing submarines with periscopes up, or does it show earthquake preparedness? Sci Fi authors aside, the correct answer is… preparation for an earthquake. So why the pipes at 4th Ave S and S Spokane St? These… [ Keep reading ]
Draft recommendations for Westlake Hub to connect bus, streetcar and light rail What is a transportation hub, and what makes for a good one? For starters, usually lots of transit service coming together that brings great regional access with just a single ride or transfer. In many cases this “hub”… [ Keep reading ]
When traveling in the area of the Westin Hotel, along 5th Avenue, you may have noticed a section of the roadway recently paved. Now you may be asking yourself…why oh why are they repaving that section again if that stretch of roadway was paved in 2008? Not to worry, we… [ Keep reading ]
Current configuration of the Alaskan Way Viaduct Curious about how driving through the bored tunnel may look and feel? WSDOT in partnership with SDOT, King County Metro and the Port of Seattle developed two simulation videos that are now posted to YouTube. The first video shows the current design concept… [ Keep reading ]
