This week, crews completed work along the west side of Westlake Avenue North and Ninth Avenue North and sawcutting near the intersection of Fifth Avenue West and West Mercer Street. Construction activities also continued on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board is seeking new members The City of Seattle is accepting applications for new Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board (SPAB) members to help make walking in Seattle safer, easier and more attractive. Created by the City Council in twenty years ago, the volunteer board plays an influential… [ Keep reading ]
In 2010, a group of Beacon Hill neighbors wanting safer, calmer streets gathered the community together, applied for a grant and created a traffic plan. The goal of the plan was to recommend a street network where children and adults could more safely walk or bike to local destinations. The… [ Keep reading ]
The World Health Organization has listed traffic safety as an international public health priority and the Centers for Disease Control and prevention identifies collisions as a leading cause of death for young people. In Washington this is over 400 deaths per year and nearly 20 occur on Seattle Streets. Every… [ Keep reading ]
Two more Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects are kicking off next month and we couldn’t be more excited! SRTS is a national program for children and adults that encourages increased physical activity through walking and bicycling. SDOT supports this effort by funding route improvements on streets surrounding schools. The two… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, in collaboration with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) seeks an artist or artist team to create a major integrated artwork on the public piers of the Seattle Central Waterfront. These piers will be rebuilt as part of Waterfront Seattle, a large-scale project… [ Keep reading ]
Here are some recent additions that might interest you…. The Broadway Cycle Track now has a webpage of its own: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/broadwayct.htm And you can see more photos of the Broadway Cycle Track here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdot_photos/sets/72157638123080044/ If you missed the Center City Pedestrian Safety Holiday Campaign kickoff, you can still catch up… [ Keep reading ]
One of the pieces of the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation initiative is the evaluation and installation of new signals and maintaining the equipment that keeps those signals functioning properly. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) had several goals related to signal up keep in 2013 and those goals have been… [ Keep reading ]
The N 105th-N/NE Northgate Way Project is moving right along We understand that folks forced to detour because of this project are thinking it is taking too long. Actually, it is moving right along given that it is far more than just a paving project. The construction crews expect to… [ Keep reading ]
As the year begins to draw to a close we wanted to provide an update on several pedestrian improvement items that have been funded through the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation initiative that was passed by Seattle voters in 2006. The BTG program provides key funding allowing the Seattle Department… [ Keep reading ]
