Mark your Calendar: September 12, 6:30 -7:30 p.m. Sick and tired of cars racing through your neighborhood? Worried about the safety of pedestrians and bicycle riders on your streets – especially concerned for your own or neighbors’ children? Wish you could do something about it? Well, you can. Did… [ Keep reading ]
Infographics (a.k.a. data visualizations) are all the rage these days. Check out these impressive, transportation-related specimens – a treat for the eyes *and* the brain. Just remember, you can’t always trust every infographic you read. Click on the thumbnails twice to view full size.
During August and September, five artists are creating temporary art installations along Greenwood Avenue N for the Art Interruptions project. Artwork is installed along city sidewalks to offer passers-by a brief interruption in their day with a moment of surprise, beauty or humor. Locations include street infrastructure and trees, and… [ Keep reading ]
As neighbors in the South Lake Union community know well, the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Mercer Corridor Project has been under major construction since mid-2010. On August 27, following a full weekend closure of the I-5 on- and off-ramps at Mercer Street, this major roadway improvement project will reach a… [ Keep reading ]
Here in Seattle, the South Lake Union Streetcar has been up and running since December of 2007. Folks took over 700,000 rides on it in 2011, and ridership continues to grow. And as residents and visitors to Capitol Hill know, the First Hill Streetcar construction started back in April and… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) crews have had a busy year. The first part of the year was spent installing signs, guardrail and crash cushions and now they are busy restriping our roads all across the city. Once summer turns into fall and the wet weather, crews will switch back… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s Arterial Major Maintenance (AMM) program maintains Seattle’s busiest streets with projects that are more extensive than filling potholes yet smaller than full road reconstruction projects. AMM project scopes vary depending on existing pavement conditions, priority of need, corridor use and loading, and available funding. While the repair needs of our streets continue… [ Keep reading ]
The NE Northgate Way & 5th Avenue NE Intersection and Pedestrian Improvements Project (say THAT fast five times) soon moves to Phase Two. This week, crews have been installing sections of stamped concrete cross walk, constructing sidewalks, paving the roadway and building a landscaped median (on NE Northgate Way just west of Fifth Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
If you have been wondering what’s going on now at the King Street Station (KSS), you’ve got company! The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has had many inquiries about the scaffolding that now adorns the 12 story clock tower. The restoration project is now in the midst of Phase 2B… [ Keep reading ]
Well, Seafair is in high gear so it’s sure to be a crazy weekend here in Seattle. Stay on top of traffic impacts over at our other blog – On the Move. Grist, via Phillip Bump, discovered this fantastic cartoon from 1956. Commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, “Destination Earth”… [ Keep reading ]
