The Bridging the Gap (BTG) Levy Oversight Committee is a dedicated group of 15 community members who meet quarterly to review and track the progress of the BTG transportation initiative that was passed by Seattle voters in 2006. They are charged with ensuring that the Seattle Department of Transportation… [ Keep reading ]
Green Lake Way North is currently a four-lane street that borders the east side of the Woodland Park playfields and provides access to Green Lake from the south. The Seattle Department of Transportation is proposing changes to make the street safer and more comfortable for people of all ages and abilities… Filed Under: Biking, Parking, Pedestrians, Safety, SDOT
Friday, August 9 is a huge family friendly party along Greenwood Avenue N from N 67th to N 88th Streets. This free event opens the city’s largest public space – its streets – so people can walk, bike, roll, run, skip and shop – without having to watch out for… [ Keep reading ]
Making the City of Seattle more accessible to all its residents is a big job and one that the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) takes seriously. Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Transportation Initiative passed by Seattle voters in 2006, SDOT is making progress. Making a city more accessible… [ Keep reading ]
Whether you want to dazzle your friends with your vast knowledge about hot traffic topics or just want answers to some burning questions, SDOT has some handy question and answer pages on its website that you might want to peruse. Curious about the new pay-by-phone app you can use when… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will be holding an Open House on Wednesday August 7 to discuss plans for bus stop and sidewalk improvements along Greenwood Avenue N between N 92nd and N 105th streets. We hope you’ll drop by the Greenwood Library between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m…. [ Keep reading ]
As the weather heats up and we move into the dog days of summer construction of the many Bridging the Gap (BTG) project are also heating up. Thanks to BTG, a nine-year transportation initiative passed by Seattle voters in 2006, you are seeing a whole lot of construction activity… [ Keep reading ]
Parks in parking spaces? That’s right, and they’re coming to Seattle! The newly-formed Public Space Management Program at SDOT is getting ready to kickoff the Pilot Parklet Program this summer with parklets opening in Belltown, Capitol Hill, and Chinatown/International District. The parklet program website explains what parklets could look like… [ Keep reading ]
Yes, the impact is bad – for the first or West Phase of the N 105th – N/NE Northgate Way Improvement Project crews must close eastbound N 105th between Greenwood Avenue N and Aurora Ave N for up to five months – beginning Thursday, July 25. During that time westbound traffic along… [ Keep reading ]
The world’s largest tunneling machine, Bertha, is undergoing final tests to go underground before starting to sink her mechanical teeth into Seattle soil. At the end of July,after the final testing is complete, she’ll begin chewing her way through two miles of dirt below the City. The SR99 tunnel is… [ Keep reading ]
