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 ]
Pavement engineers everywhere, take note. The warm mix vs. hot mix asphalt showdown has begun. SDOT just finished paving 4th Ave S. in the SODO area last night with a new, lower temperature asphalt mix. This new asphalt mix reduces fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The temperature drop out… [ Keep reading ]
In case you didn’t get enough of those beautiful before and after shots earlier today, here are a couple more of a sidewalk project in Delridge that was just finished yesterday. The North Delridge Neighborhood Council requested a sidewalk on “Snake Hill” (30th Ave SW from High Point to SW… [ Keep reading ]
Just in time for the hot weather, new gateway signs were installed by SDOT crews last week welcoming travelers to Rainier Beach. For a map of the gateway signs and other new pedestrian signs in Rainier Beach click here. The signs are part of the Neighborhood Street Fund program, funded… [ Keep reading ]
