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Travel Advisory | We’re installing the Northgate Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge spans the weekends of June 12-13 and June 19-20; expect short overnight I-5 closures

June 9, 2021

Summary We are installing the two Northgate Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge spans! Early Sunday morning closures are planned on Sunday, June 13 and Sunday, June 20. Northbound I-5 will be closed between Lake City Way and Northgate Way from 11:59 PM on Saturday, June 12 to 4 AM on Sunday, June 13. The northbound on ramp at NE 85th St will also be closed, with traffic there being detoured to Aurora Ave. Southbound… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Funding & Levies, Light Rail, Move Seattle, SDOT, Traffic and Construction, Transit, Travel AdvisoryTagged With: Northgate Ped/Bike Bridge

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

BIKE MONTH | Celebrating new and soon-to-come protected bike lanes, neighborhood greenways, and safer intersections across the city

May 20, 2021

Our vision is to make riding a bicycle a safe, comfortable, and integral part of daily life for people of all ages and abilities in Seattle. That’s why our crews are hard at work building new protected bike lanes, neighborhood greenways, safer intersection crossings, and connections to transit – including three new Link Light Rail… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Biking, Community Involvement, Funding & Levies, Move Seattle, SDOT, Signals, Traffic and Construction, Vision ZeroTagged With: Bike Master Plan, Bike Month, Bikes, Protected Bike Lane

LEVY DOLLARS AT WORK | Incredible community members across the city have made their ideas a reality through the Neighborhood Street Fund

May 10, 2021

The Neighborhood Street Fund (NSF) is a program running on 3-year cycles where community members can propose and help prioritize transportation-related projects in their neighborhood.  In coordination with the Levy Oversight Committee, we made improvements to the 2019-2021 cycle that resulted in record participation, particularly from historically underserved communities. We partnered with the Department of Neighborhoods to make… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Involvement, Funding & Levies, Move Seattle, Roadside Chat, Safety, SDOT, Traffic and ConstructionTagged With: Neighborhood Street Fund, Staff & Community Highlights

Travel Advisory | Road layout on N 34th St changing in May

May 5, 2021

Thanks to your Levy to Move Seattle dollars at work, we’re making changes to the road layout on N 34th St from Fremont Ave N to Stone Way N to increase safety for people on bikes, walking, and rolling. The work will start as soon as Monday, May 10 and take place overnight. Over… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Move Seattle, Traffic and ConstructionTagged With: N 34th St, Travel Advisory

SDOT Best of the Month | An introduction to our wayfinding program, a new signal, and more – all thanks to strong partnerships citywide

May 5, 2021

In this SDOT Best of the Month, we’ll highlight some of the projects that made news in April – and some that didn’t. Our wayfinding program, Seamless Seattle, is the result of years of planning and partnerships. We installed a new traffic signal at 8th Ave NE and NE Northgate… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Move Seattle, Pedestrians, Safety, SDOT, Signals, Traffic and Construction, Vision ZeroTagged With: Construction, pedestrians, safety, Vision Zero

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

Travel Alert: Paving starts on April 19 for East Green Lake Way N in Green Lake and Wallingford

April 16, 2021

Green Lake and Wallingford neighbors: Starting April 19, we’ll begin paving work on East Green Lake Way N between NE Ravenna Blvd and N 51st St. In July 2019, as part of the Green Lake and Wallingford Paving and Multimodal Improvements project, we began to make major improvements for people walking,… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Move Seattle, Traffic and ConstructionTagged With: asphalt paving, Levy to Move Seattle, Paving, paving crews, Paving Project

Travel Advisory | S Angeline St, between 15th Ave S and S Columbian Way, closed to through traffic beginning April 15th

April 14, 2021

Thanks to your Levy to Move Seattle tax dollars and our Safe Routes to School program, construction has started on and near 15th Ave S to increase safety for people traveling along this important connection between Beacon Hill and Rainier Valley! As soon as April 15, S Angeline St will be closed on the east side of 15th… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Move Seattle, Traffic and ConstructionTagged With: 15th Ave S, Levy to Move Seattle

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

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