SDOT is hosting a street party Sunday, May 19 along Alki. This free event opens the city’s largest public space – its streets – so people can walk, bike, roll, run, skip and shop – without having to watch out for cars! Participate in the West Seattle 5K Run/Walk in… [ Keep reading ]
For decades, the “Mercer Mess” has been one of the City’s most significant transportation challenges. Each day some 80,000 vehicles, along with growing numbers of pedestrians and bicyclists, enter and exit I-5 at Mercer Street, making it a critical east/west route for keeping people, goods, and services moving. While eastbound… [ Keep reading ]
It’s a tasty smorgasbord of transportation links for you to stuff your face with! Driving is all that. NOT! Driving is so 1995, chart shows Food for thought: Grocery Delivery Service Is Greener Than Driving to the Store Is Seattle the next Toronto? Toronto’s waterfront makeover a huge money maker,… [ Keep reading ]
Bike to Work month begins tomorrow and is timed perfectly with the arrival of warmer temperatures and lots of sunshine! So, it’s time to dust off the bike, pump up the tires and go for a ride. Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation program riding your bike to… [ Keep reading ]
Last August in the SDOT Blog we reported partial bicycle trip counts for 2012 gathered in the quarterly National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project. Now we have compiled a full year of 2012 data and learned that the number of trips increased 5 percent from 2011. The top… [ Keep reading ]
Okay, so, not the most subtle approach, but you get it…lane restrictions – well, more of them – for the Mercer Corridor Project, begin Monday. The West Phase of the Mercer Corridor Project starts with rebuilding the SR 99 Aurora overpass (no timid start there) and, as we said before, the initial work… [ Keep reading ]
The arrival of spring-like weather has many Seattleites itching to get outside and get active! The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is working to make that happen and to make it easier to get around once you do venture outdoors. Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation initiative SDOT… [ Keep reading ]
Safety is the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)’s number one priority, and we are committed to improving safety for everyone who uses our transportation system. In Seattle, we want people of all abilities – from our five-year-old kids to our 80-year old grandparents – to be comfortable moving about the… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Department of Transportation is pleased to announce the opening of the Northeast 65th Street cycle track. The cycle track has been designed to provide a family-friendly connection between the Burke Gilman Trail and Magnuson Park that serves people of all ages and abilities who ride bicycles. This two-way cycle… [ Keep reading ]
The contractor is about to get Notice to Proceed on the Mercer West Phase of the Mercer Corridor Project, meaning construction to convert Mercer Street to two-way traffic from I-5 to Uptown is about to start. Atkinson Construction is tackling the mega effort that begins with improving the problematic portion of Mercer… [ Keep reading ]
