Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. In honor of the holiday and our hard working employees, we are using the next few Fridays to blog about them. Today we’d like to introduce you to David Leask, Senior Operator… [ Keep reading ]
Today we have a roundup of some of the more interesting transportation related videos on the intertubes! Enjoy! Fun at the Crosswalk Students of digital media design at HAWK University in Hildesheim, Germany, have designed a game called STREETPONG to make waiting for the light to change, a little more… [ Keep reading ]
Fall is in the air – the leaves are turning bright colors, the sun is lower in the sky, the mornings are crisp and, most importantly, kids are headed back to school. Seattle schools get back at it this week. What does this mean to you? It means you will see… [ Keep reading ]
A retired construction management consultant from Tokyo, Hideki Nakamura, recently led five members of the JOYO Construction Engineering in Japan on a tour of SDOT’s Linden Avenue North Complete Street Project, alongside SDOT Project Manager Therese’ Casper. The group traveled from Ibaraki, Japan to learn more about civil engineering practices in the… [ Keep reading ]
Today Mayor McGinn and SDOT announced the launch of Seattle’s Road Safety Action Plan and the beginning of a new road safety campaign – Be Super Safe Seattle! The goal of the Action Plan and the campaign is to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries on Seattle’s Streets. That’s right, eliminate!… [ Keep reading ]
2012 Summer Streets were amazing! We loved meeting old friends and making new ones. Our latest festivities happened at Greenwood/Phinney on August 10th and Rainier Valley on August 18th. Thanks to our neighbors, visitors and volunteers, we built huge canned pyramids at each of these events. Attendees enjoyed chess games,… [ Keep reading ]
I Bike SEA is about making cycling a normal form of transportation. It’s about discovering that you don’t have to be a ‘cyclist’ to go by bike. I Bike SEA invites you to join a two week “shift” to fun and inclusive cycling for everyone. Residents (especially you, ladies)… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT now has an analysis of the bicycle count data collected in Seattle for the winter, spring and summer of 2012 that can be compared to data for the same periods in 2011. This data will help planners select the best ways to make it easier to travel in Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
As neighbors in the South Lake Union community know well, the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Mercer Corridor Project has been under major construction since mid-2010. On August 27, following a full weekend closure of the I-5 on- and off-ramps at Mercer Street, this major roadway improvement project will reach a… [ Keep reading ]
Quarterly bike counts tell us how many trips are made by bike in Seattle at various locations, but more information is needed to help planners determine the best ways to encourage more people to travel on two wheels, and how best to improve their trips. Who is riding those bicycles?… [ Keep reading ]
