Last week we launched our new Safe Routes to School 5-Year Action Plan, Safe Streets, Healthy Schools and Communities, as part of our Vision Zero goal to end traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Want to encourage walking and biking at your school? Check out our new Safe Routes to… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT would like to thank the West Seattle community and travelers for their patience during the rechannelization construction projects along the 35th Avenue SW and SW Roxbury Street over the past month. Crews finished installing the new designs in late September and have been refining signal timing since then. The… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT crews have substantially completed the upgrading of buffered bike lanes to protected bike lanes, on NE Ravenna Blvd from E Green Lake Way N to University Way NE and along 15th Ave NE from Cowen PL NE to NE 62nd ST. Crews also improved intersections along the way and… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT Director Scott Kubly joined Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle Public Schools and community members to discuss Seattle’s Safe Routes to School Action Plan. Here is a brief video of the announcement: The announcement was made at Sacajawea Elementary School in north Seattle, one of 12 locations where SDOT completed Safe Routes… [ Keep reading ]
Walking and biking are the way many of us get around, and are zero-emission solutions that are also healthy travel options. The city is working to create a high-quality pedestrian and bicycle network that connects to places people want to go. Please join SDOT at our Seattle Trails Upgrade Plan Open… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT recently launched the Capital Projects Dashboard, an interactive site designed to provide key project status information on current large transportation projects. Project information will be updated monthly, drawing from various sources such as the city’s financial management system and SDOT’s project management and controls program. The Dashboard offers a quick… [ Keep reading ]
Now that school’s back in session, many students have a regular transportation route established. If you’re looking for new ways to get to class or backup plans in case your trip is interrupted, check out a couple of options: Take to the sidewalks If you live close enough to your… [ Keep reading ]
Construction is scheduled to begin in early October on the Greenwood Transit & Sidewalk Project. New sidewalks, planting strips, and curbs will be constructed on the east side of Greenwood Ave N between N 92nd St and N 105th St, an important neighborhood arterial. The addition of six foot sidewalks along… [ Keep reading ]
Fall has arrived and the sunny days are getting shorter as Winter is just around the corner. This is a great time to prepare by making sure that you have alternate commute plans in place such as which buses will operate during weather events, and if you have your snow… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT is extending the public input period through October 15th on potential changes to the Ship Canal Bridges and opening restrictions related to them. SDOT is seeking comment from the maritime community, and community members who drive, walk or bike, whether the City should seek US Coast Guard approval to… [ Keep reading ]
