City of Seattle offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day. On-street parking is free in Seattle on Monday, May 29 for the Memorial Day holiday. Please travel safely and enjoy the holiday weekend as you reflect on those who served our great country. 3d U.S. Infantry (Old Guard) soldiers place… [ Keep reading ]
One Center City is a partnership between the City of Seattle, King County, Sound Transit and the Downtown Seattle Association. We’re working together to create a plan for how we connect, experience and move through Seattle’s Center City neighborhoods. Since January, the One Center City team has been hard at… [ Keep reading ]
Did you know that only 9% of the people in the construction industry in the U.S. are women? To help address this historic imbalance, the Washington Women in Trades Association held their annual career fair at Seattle Center earlier this month. This event helps women learn about jobs and apprenticeships… [ Keep reading ]
The new Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ) 32 and the new blocks of existing RPZ 15 are going into effect on July 1, 2017. We are mailing permit applications to residents in the area and making Zone 32 applications available online beginning today, May 22, 2017. Crews will finish installing Zone 32… [ Keep reading ]
May is Bike Everywhere Month and today is Bike Everywhere Day, the traditional start for many to increase their biking to work, to school, for errands, or just for fun. With nicer weather (finally!), drivers should expect to see more people biking everywhere. For Bike Everywhere Day today, you may notice street-side celebrations all… [ Keep reading ]
Food trucks and sidewalk cafes are a great way for entrepreneurs to bring delicious food from diverse cultures to Seattle. But what does it take to actually open your own? That question and many others were answered at the first of two annual Food Business Roadshows held earlier this month. This event at the… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is one of the safest cities, not just in the US, but in the world. We are making progress on Vision Zero, our ultimate goal of zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030, but we need to continue redesigning streets, enforcing the rules of the road, and educating the public…. [ Keep reading ]
Summer is almost here (or so we’ve heard!) and soon we can enjoy outdoor dining again. Last year, we launched our new fence-free design option for sidewalk cafes, which allows restaurants to mark off permitted sidewalk cafes with pavement markers instead of the standard 42-inch high fences. Five fence-free sidewalk cafes have… [ Keep reading ]
We recently launched a new signal timing system along the Mercer corridor, an ‘Adaptive Signal System’ called SCOOT, which uses algorithms and sensors to adjust signal timing to adapt and respond to real-time traffic conditions. SCOOT was installed on Mercer St from 3rd Avenue W to Fairview Avenue N (at I-5) and… [ Keep reading ]
We recently completed street and sidewalk reconstruction on 23rd Avenue from S Jackson Street north to E John Street as part of the first phase of the 23rd Avenue Corridor Improvements Project and we were invited to observe a local deaf-blind person walk part of the improved corridor. Alberto Gonzales, who lives in… [ Keep reading ]
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