In Seattle, we love our summers and the chance to get out and enjoy the sunshine. Eating is no exception, and we have hundreds of sidewalk cafes throughout our city. To help these sidewalk cafes proliferate, and make the process easier, we’re piloting a new design for sidewalk cafes. Thanks to… [ Keep reading ]
Over the last 2 weekends, crews have been hard at work preparing the University Bridge surface for paving as part of the Roosevelt Paving & Safety Project. Weather permitting, this weekend marks the third and final closure of the bridge while crews waterproof and pave the bridge surface. For closure details,… [ Keep reading ]
The $930-million Transportation Levy to Move Seattle was approved by voters in November 2015 and has since been funding safety improvements for all travelers, street maintenance, and investments in reliable, affordable travel options. Here is how the Levy has worked in your neighborhood in the first seven months of 2016: Safe Routes to… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is renowned for our arts, outdoors, and well, rain. Less well known is that we have some serious hills, rivaling San Francisco’s steeps, which pose an obstacle to accessibility for wheelchair users. Manual wheelchair users face a steep climb, and power chairs can deplete their battery motoring uphill, so… [ Keep reading ]
Residents in several Seattle neighborhoods will soon be enjoying the benefits of a special pavement treatment called “microsurfacing.” Microsurfacing seals minor cracks with a coating that’s less than one-third of an inch thick. It protects the pavement and extends the life of neighborhood streets. This helps the city avoid larger… [ Keep reading ]
PayByPhone, SDOT’s parking by phone vendor, has released an improved re-design of their iPhone app! Android release is coming later this summer. If you pay for street parking in Seattle, you might have already noticed the new look and feel of the iPhone app, or you can download the new… [ Keep reading ]
Walking or biking to school just got a whole lot safer for students at South Shore K-8! Through our Safe Routes to School program, the area received improvements including a curb bulb, traffic island, new traffic signal along Rainier Ave, 20 MPH school zone flashing beacons, and public artwork at… [ Keep reading ]
Summer is upon us, and it’s an excellent time to consider commuting by bike or walking. Getting out of the car can be good for our environment, good for your health, and may even help your mood by avoiding the road rage which impacts 8 out of 10 drivers. If… [ Keep reading ]
Last week we were excited to welcome Nikola Agatic, who rode into town after completing a cross-county bicycle trip with stops for tree planting along the way. We joined community members to help him plant a tree in Railroad Park, which for trivia buffs was planted by producers from Sleepless in Seattle as… [ Keep reading ]
The number’s so large it’s hard to wrap your head around. But here in SDOT, we started jumping up and down with enthusiasm when we saw that the Fremont Bridge bike counter had topped one million! We want riding a bike to be a comfortable part of daily life for people… [ Keep reading ]
