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Up to 2,000 Seattle employees in Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon, and Pioneer Square will receive an unlimited ORCA card as part of our new ORCA Recovery Card program!

June 9, 2021

To help get Seattle employees to work affordably and efficiently, we are providing up to 2,000 free ORCA cards for people working in the Chinatown, Little Saigon, Japantown, and Pioneer Square neighborhoods in food service and grocery industries. Thank you, Seattle! The ORCA Recovery Card program is possible thanks to 80 percent of Seattle… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Funding & Levies, SDOT, TransitTagged With: Chinatown, COVID-19 Recovery, Japantown, Little Saigon, ORCA, Pioneer Square, transit

SDOT Best of the Month | Reflecting on Bike Everywhere Month

June 7, 2021

We celebrated Bike Everywhere Month here at SDOT and with our partners and neighbors across the city. Days are continuing to get warmer and longer, and bike lanes are popping up everywhere! Watch our Celebrate Bike Everywhere Month With Us video and take a peek at all the new bike facilities we’ve… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Biking, Community Involvement, Funding & Levies, Move Seattle, Roadside Chat, Safety, SDOTTagged With: Bike Month

Starting in July, a new $20 vehicle license fee invests more in safe streets, sidewalks, bike lanes, and strong bridges

June 3, 2021

Earlier this spring, a spend plan developed in collaboration with modal, labor, and equity stakeholders for the new $20 vehicle license fee (VLF) was shared with City Council. The plan prioritized safety, equity, and maintaining Seattle’s streets, sidewalks and bridges. In May, City Council approved its implementation for the second half of 2021. Aligning with our goal to build, operate, and maintain an accessible transportation system that… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Biking, Community Involvement, Funding & Levies, Pedestrians, Safety, SDOT, Traffic and Construction, Vision ZeroTagged With: Bridges, Stay Healthy Street, Vehicle License Fee, Vision Zero

SDOT is partnering with Outdoors for All to offer free adaptive cycle rentals for people with disabilities this summer

June 2, 2021

Summary Outdoors for All’s Adaptive Cycling Center is open for the summer! Stop by on Wednesday-Sunday through September to rent an adaptive cycle for free. SDOT and Outdoors for All’s partnership allows people with disabilities to rent a variety of adaptive cycles for free. We talked with the Lawson family about their experience renting adaptive cycles. We’re excited to support… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Bikeshare, Biking, Roadside Chat, ScootersTagged With: Outdoors for All, Staff & Community Highlights

A new & improved way to see your Levy to Move Seattle tax dollars at work, starting with our first report of 2021

April 30, 2021

We are excited to share the Levy to Move Seattle Q1 2021 Report with you. With this report, we now have all of the data from each year of the Levy in a single, centralized dashboard! This new format is fitting as it marks the completion of the first quarter of a new year. Still, much remains the same: we continue to be… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Biking, Community Involvement, Funding & Levies, Move Seattle, Pedestrians, Safety, SDOT, Traffic and Construction, Transit, Vision ZeroTagged With: Fairview Ave N Bridge, Levy to Move Seattle, Northgate Ped/Bike Bridge, Vision Zero

Free rides to your COVID-19 vaccination appointment

April 21, 2021

Updated 5/25/21: Uber and Lyft are also offering free rides to and from COVID-19 vaccination sites from May 24th until July 4th! So you’ve made an appointment to get your COVID-19 vaccination. How are you going to get there? As of May 13, 2021, anyone 12 years-old or older is eligible to receive a… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, BikeshareTagged With: COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccination, Gig car share, Lime bikes, Lime scooter, LINK Scooter, Sound Transit

LEVY DOLLARS AT WORK | Soon, you’ll see new sidewalks and safer intersections along Sand Point Way NE! Construction begins in April.

April 8, 2021

Summary We are making changes near Magnuson Park to keep people safe, whether they are walking, rolling, biking, driving, or taking transit. Our next phase of work starts in April. We’ll add new sidewalks, reconfigure intersections, make signal timing upgrades, and more. Your investment through the Levy to Move Seattle… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Community Involvement, Funding & Levies, Move Seattle, Pedestrians, Safety, Signals, Traffic and Construction, Vision ZeroTagged With: Levy to Move Seattle, pedestrians, safety

SDOT Best of the Month | Making our intersections, bus stops, and sidewalks easier to use!

March 4, 2021

In this SDOT Best of the Month, we’ll highlight some of (non-West Seattle Bridge!) projects that made news – and some that didn’t. Our Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Program helps ensure that people of all abilities have the same access to Seattle’s pedestrian infrastructure. Your Levy to Move Seattle tax dollars fund accessibility improvements citywide. The Transportation… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Busses, Funding & Levies, Move Seattle, Safety, SDOT, Signals, Staff Highlights, Trees and Vegetation

APPLY NOW! Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board is looking for two new members

February 18, 2021

Are you passionate about making it safe and easy for people of all ages and abilities to get around Seattle? Apply to volunteer on the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board! The Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board seeks two new members to serve two-year terms starting this spring through March 2023. Please consider applying (or encouraging someone you know) to apply by March 23,… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Community Involvement, PedestriansTagged With: pedestrians, Seattle pedestrian advisory board, SPAB

LEVY DOLLARS AT WORK | Your investment through the Levy to Move Seattle is helping us make Seattle more accessible to everyone. Read about what we’ve done, where we’re going, & how we’ll get there in our ADA Transition Plan Update.

February 11, 2021

Summary Along with other funding sources, your tax dollars are hard at work through the Levy to Move Seattle to make city programs, services, and activities accessible to people of all abilities. Fun fact: The Levy funds every curb ramp that we install from our customer service request queue. From that… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Funding & Levies, Move SeattleTagged With: accessibility

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