On behalf of the Seattle Department of Transportation, we wish everyone Happy Holidays wherever your travels take you. City offices are closed Monday, December 26 for the holiday. On-street parking is free in Seattle on Monday, Christmas Day (Observed), December 26.
PeopleForBikes placed Seattle at the top of their list by crowning the Westlake Ave Protected Bike lane as the country’s best new bike lane of 2016! This week they made the announcement and spoke with SDOT Director Scott Kubly about the importance of the Westlake PBL, which is on the west… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT manages about 12,000 on-street paid parking spaces across 20 business districts, all with differing hourly rates, time limits, and hours of operation. So, it’s easy to get confused. To help everyone understand how – and how much it will cost – to park, we’ve released a new parking web… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT has considered input and is creating a new Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ) on Capitol Hill which will be identified as RPZ 32. SDOT is also issuing a change in the hours of RPZ 15. The map below highlights the areas where parking restrictions are changing. New RPZ: Zone 32 Zone… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s annual Winter Weather brochure has a large map of Seattle’s snow and ice routes, lists important telephone numbers and web sites to use during winter storms, and offers preparedness tips. Here’s a link to our Winter Weather page that has useful information about what to expect when it snows…. [ Keep reading ]
SDOT is hosting a speaker series on mobility innovations, running through mid-2017. Please join us at the first event on Monday, November 14. The City of Seattle is partnering with transit agencies and private mobility services to develop a network of shared mobility hubs throughout the city, providing better mobility… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT has been adjusting on-street parking rates annually since 2010 based on data we collect each spring as part of the Performance-Based Parking Pricing Program. The 2016 Annual Paid Parking Study describes occupancy data from this year and last year and the program uses this information to determine parking rates. New rate… [ Keep reading ]
Our expanded 2-day PARK(ing) Day Plus+ was a fun success with at least 50 pop-up projects in more than a dozen neighborhoods across the city. Creative minds turned 116 on-street parking spaces into gardens, playgrounds, parks, art spaces, workout spots, lounging areas and more! We had 46 groups participate in PARK(ing) Day… [ Keep reading ]
Does the end of summer have you feeling blue? It’s not time to start hiding away inside quite yet! PARK(ing) Day Plus+ has inspired Seattleites to create 50 temporary parks and street improvements for you to explore in parking spaces throughout the city. Check them out this Friday and Saturday,… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT is working with Sound Transit to better manage parking near the site of the Capitol Hill light rail station with a proposed new Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ). The proposal includes expanding Zone 15 (seen in blue below) and a change in hours to prevent commuter parking on residential streets. What’s in the plan?… [ Keep reading ]
