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Neighborhood Greenways Seeing High Ridership

The City of Seattle is continuing to expand its bicycle network to make cycling more comfortable for people of all ages and abilities, and neighborhood greenways play a key role in helping us get there. Over the past year, we have seen some very positive increases in ridership on a… [ Keep reading ]

Summer Work to Make the Boren School Building Safer this Fall

It may be summer but SDOT’s Safe Routes to School program doesn’t take a break! On July 8, SDOT hosted a meeting to discuss school traffic safety at the Boren School building in the Delridge neighborhood. The goal of the meeting was to develop a traffic circulation plan to be… [ Keep reading ]

We Like the Nightlife… and Evening Paid Parking Is Helping

In eight Seattle neighborhoods, parking pay stations operate until 8 PM. Ever wonder why? Just as paid parking during the day improves access to business districts, extending paid parking in busy neighborhoods helps open additional parking spaces so that people can get to their evening attractions easily. The Seattle Department… [ Keep reading ]

2012 Traffic Volume on the Alaskan Way Viaduct

We have received some questions recently about the traffic volume for the Alaskan Way Viaduct found on our 2012 Traffic Flow Map. So we asked our traffic data team to help explain why the volume seems significantly different from previous years. In years past, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)… [ Keep reading ]

The Results are in…Fewer Collisions on Northeast 125th!

In May 2011 the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) reconfigured the lanes on NE 125th Street between Roosevelt Way NE and 30th Avenue NE to make the street safer for everyone, better support transit and keep vehicles moving. Prior to the rechannelization there were two travel lanes in each direction…. [ Keep reading ]

Parklets and Swales and Plazas…Oh My!

Have you ever wanted to close a street for a block party but just weren’t sure how to do it? Have you ever participated in PARK(ing) Day and wished it could last longer than an afternoon? Or have you ever wondered whether you could turn the planting strip in front… [ Keep reading ]

Westlake Cycle Track – Get Ready for the Conversation!

SDOT is excited to announce the kick-off of the Westlake Cycle Track project. This project improves safety for people biking, improves the pedestrian experience, and will be done in coordination with the Ballard to Downtown Seattle Transit Expansion Study, because Westlake is one of the possible corridors being considered for… [ Keep reading ]

First Hill Streetcar Construction Outreach to the Chinatown/International District

Given recent interest in SDOT’s work in the Chinatown/International District, we thought it would be worth sharing information about our streetcar construction outreach. As we do with any project, we work diligently to communicate with the neighborhood’s businesses and residents, and to understand their concerns around issues such as construction impacts. Below are steps we have… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase) – Weekly Construction Wrap-Up

This week, crews continued to focus on utility installations on Fairview Avenue N and installation of new signal poles and mast arms at the Fairview/Mercer intersection. Please note that no construction work is planned for Saturday, December 22, through Tuesday, December 25. Construction activities will resume on Wednesday, December 26…. [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Streetcar Celebrates Five Years of Service to South Lake Union

Wednesday marks the fifth anniversary of service for the South Lake Union line of the Seattle Streetcar. Launched on December 12, 2007, the streetcar line has now served over three million riders and exceeded initial ridership forecasts.  In fact, average weekday ridership increased from 1,000 in the first months of operations… [ Keep reading ]