The Seattle Times submitted a number of reader questions about transportation related work around the city. Reader comment: “Was poured and repoured seven or eight times.” This project was a collaboration of multiple agencies, including SDOT. The project was phased and planned for each agency to perform their requirements without… [ Keep reading ]
It’s going to be a week of pedestrian news for the blog, starting today with a new strategy to keep peds moving next to SDOT’s Second Avenue downtown paving project. Quick background: SDOT is involved in the walk through and next to construction zones in two ways. First, we coordinate… [ Keep reading ]
If you watched the local news last night, you probably heard the stories about the University Bridge closure due to the extreme temperatures. Anticipating that the bridges would expand in the record-breaking heat, our SDOT bridge engineers had been carefully monitoring Seattle’s bridges all week. All our other moveable bridges… [ Keep reading ]
Our record-breaking heat wave is subsiding. But the need to protect Seattle’s trees from ongoing heat-related stress isn’t ending. Even a normal Seattle summer can be hard on our urban trees, and the recent unusual temps have been especially tough. Each tree we can help through the dry season contributes… [ Keep reading ]
We’re trying to make it easier to move around the south end of the Ballard Bridge and want to hear from you. SDOT held a small working session with bicycle, freight and pedestrian advocates and is recommending the following changes. If you bike or drive this corridor, we hope you’ll… [ Keep reading ]
Who says urban design and transportation can’t be interesting…for teens? Certainly not the eight high school students who were participants in Seattle Housing Authority’s Yesler 2014 Summer Youth Program. Yesler 2014 aims to involve teens and young adults in the redevelopment of the Yesler Terrace neighborhood. With their help, the… [ Keep reading ]
The repaving of 4th Avenue South from Airport Way S to Royal Brougham Way was completed last week. Check out the photos below for some lovely shots of velvety asphalt and gleaming paint lines. As we mentioned last week, the project used a new, energy-efficient form of asphalt mix, but… [ Keep reading ]
A new trail link connecting Genessee Park to the surrounding neighborhood was completed on Friday just in time for Seafair. The Bradford Trail Connector is ADA accessible and provides a new path to the park for all users. Genessee Park is a popular place to watch the Seafair festivities, so the… [ Keep reading ]
If you spend much time around Morgan Junction, you may have noticed a newly installed sidewalk art project right next to Morgan Junction Park. The project was created by the artists “SuttonBeresCuller” and is titled Salon. Salon represents something new for the SDOT Art Program. It incorporates a series… [ Keep reading ]
How walkable is your neighborhood? Everyone has an opinion on this, including the folks at Walkscore.com. Walk Score® recently ranked Seattle’s neighborhoods…and the city as a whole. We came in #6 nationally, behind the “big boys” such as San Francisco, New York, and Chicago. (In the spirit of sibling rivalry, we… [ Keep reading ]
