After months of working with businesses and residents to prepare for impending construction impacts, weather still determines whether or not plans change at the last moment. Case in Point: Stewart Street. Stewart Street paving between Third and Fourth Avenues was supposed to happen the last weekend of July. Then Seattle’s… [ Keep reading ]
When you do, you’ll have company. Over 1,700 riders a day took to the rails this July on Seattle’s South Lake Union Streetcar. Seattleites are on board with the streetcar’s frequent service between the downtown retail core, the Denny Triangle, the South Lake Union neighborhood and points in between. Just roll your… [ Keep reading ]
What do you think about pedestrian safety in your neighborhood? And what do you do—as a driver and as a pedestrian—to make it safer to walk in Seattle? SDOT recently asked these questions and a lot more, of 700 Seattle residents as part of a knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB)… [ Keep reading ]
Marion Street paving began this week and it’s been a tightrope act balancing foot, bike, car, freight AND ferry traffic. Coordination with the Washington State Ferries started months ago and continues as we monitor the work’s status. To ease congestion construction is being phased to keep two lanes of Marion… [ Keep reading ]
Work on the Duwamish Trail along West Marginal Way is expected to wrap up this week. Crews fixed a portion of the trail that had been damaged by giant tree roots. Pedestrians and bicyclists are being detoured temporarily from the trail onto West Marginal Way SW. But soon, everyone will… [ Keep reading ]
Last night was Seattle Night Out, and neighbors all over Seattle gathered together for a block party in the street. Did you know you can have a block party on your street any night of the year, and now it is free? If you do not live on an arterial… [ Keep reading ]
It’s a great summer for playing in the street. Come on out and have a picnic in the street, play scrabble, teach your kid to ride their bike, have fun! The next Seattle Summer Streets party is in Rainier Valley on Rainier Avenue S between S Alaska and S Orcas… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Times submitted a number of reader questions about transportation related work around the city. Reader comment: “The ramp and adjacent sidewalk was jackhammered out and new ramps and adjacent sidewalk installed.” This is an example of rework by a private contractor that SDOT required. Boren Avenue was repaved… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Times submitted a number of reader questions about transportation related work around the city. Reader comment: “They needed to replace the single slab and the adjacent curb, but in the process of pulling it up they damaged the adjacent slab and curb – and presto, had to now… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Times submitted a number of reader questions about transportation related work around the city. Reader comment: “Crews replaced half the curb one or two months ago and cut curve in it for a turnoff that leads to nothing.” SDOT crews removed overgrown vegetation in the area and replaced… [ Keep reading ]
