Ever wonder how Seattle sets on-street parking rates? This video explains Seattle’s Performance-Based Parking Pricing Program, which sets and adjusts parking rates based on parking occupancy. SDOT’s Performance-Based Parking Pricing Program started in 2010 when the City Council directed the department to set on-street parking rates according to specific data… [ Keep reading ]
Next week, the South Park Community Council and SDOT staff will host an open house to talk to neighbors about upcoming pedestrian safety improvements on 8th Ave S, between S Southern and S Sullivan Streets. The large maple trees along the corridor are some of South Parks’ grandest street trees,… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s 2015 Accomplishments To meet the challenges of a rapidly growing city while improving safety, delivering its core services, and providing more options for travelers, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) focused on launching important new initiatives in 2015. Maintenance: The nine-year Bridging the Gap transportation levy ended in 2015… [ Keep reading ]
Last August, SDOT Director Scott Kubly, Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle Parks Superintendent Jesús Aguirre, joined community members and the First Hill Improvement Association (FHIA) to celebrate the opening of Seattle’s first “Pavement to Parks” site with a ribbon cutting on First Hill. Here’s a link to our original August ’15 SDOT… [ Keep reading ]
Work begins this week to upgrade transit stops along Westlake Ave N. A series of five small projects will extend stops; widen sidewalks; add shelters; and real-time transit arrival information signs. Construction impacts are expected intermittently along Westlake Ave N between Mercer St and Blanchard St. Work will begin at… [ Keep reading ]
On behalf of the Seattle Department of Transportation, we wish you a Happy and Safe New Year holiday. SDOT will continue its work in the new year to make our streets safer for all, whether travelling by car, transit, bike, or as a pedestrian. On-street parking is free in Seattle on New… [ Keep reading ]
Just in time for the holidays—the transformation in Georgetown was recently completed as SDOT implemented an Office of Sustainability plan to turn gray to green for two priority Georgetown neighborhood sites. SDOT Urban Forestry crews installed 16 new street trees in a “depaved” planting strip along Corson Avenue South between South Eddy Street and South… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Area Forecast: Overnight and Christmas Day rain or snow showers are possible in the morning with a chance of accumulations of less than an inch from Seattle southward. Even with this possible low accumulation of rain/snow in the forecast, SDOT is prepared and has a snow and ice response plan… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT Urban Forestry needs to keep track of the 40,000 street trees which SDOT maintains, including info on their location, size, species, and more. We also need to track the 100,000+ privately maintained street trees which are an important component of our city’s urban forest. SDOT IT recently created an… [ Keep reading ]
The new SDOT Director’s Rule (DR) highlighting construction-related sidewalk closures as a last resort is now official. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive for ‘SDOT DR 10-2015,’ as it’s lovingly known. The rule introduces new standards and best practices for pedestrian mobility around work zones. The requirements kick in next month, for… [ Keep reading ]
