It’s time to party in our streets! Get ready, Seattle! The Capitol Hill Block Party and Bite of Seattle are happening this week. Add daily Mariner and Sounders games, a festival, a parade, and 5k runs and that number blows up to 100k people having fun outside. As you guessed… [ Keep reading ]
Boots on the ground. Recently, we told you about our steel-toed warriors, the hard-working Maintenance Operations concrete crew. Granted, the story had no cliffhangers…like Stallone in the ’93 action thriller heist… …but the story does have a surprise ending! These guys love the feeling of leaving things better than they found them; essentially,… [ Keep reading ]
‘What’s Moving’ is Moving! Our What’s Moving Seattle blog is moving, to Mondays (!) followed by Thursday Updates for the weekend. Let’s get started with… This week in Seattle | June 25 → July 1 MON 6.25 → TUES 6.26 UPDATE The W Seattle Lower Bridge (a.k.a. Spokane St Bridge) is OPEN! REALLY… [ Keep reading ]
Did you know?? We’re jumping right in to highlight what’s hot and moving Seattle this week but just the tip-top crunchy crust (best parts) because did you know that our Project Coordination and Construction Office is tracking 901 projects and construction events happening – RIGHT – NOW? #TrueStory! ??? 137 of… [ Keep reading ]
Aaaaahhh, shade – it’s a beautiful thing. Now that summer is just a week away, we’re going to need more of it. Seattle is fortunate to have approximately 28% of its land covered with tree canopy. A conservative estimate of 300,000 street trees contributes to this amazing forest. Our Urban… [ Keep reading ]
✔ Voters approved a visionary $930M transportation levy in 2015 – wanting safer streets, better roads, and more reliable transit options. In the last two years, we’ve made some significant progress in achieving those goals. The new protected bike lane on 2nd Ave and the Rainier Valley Greenway are starting to make… [ Keep reading ]
While Seattle is considered one of the safest cities in the country, we can always do better, especially as SDOT moves forward on much-needed pavement projects. 35th Ave NE is an arterial serving Northeast Seattle and approximately 12,500 drivers on an average day, connecting the Ravenna-Bryant and Wedgwood neighborhoods. It’s also a transit route with service connecting… [ Keep reading ]
You know the show “Chopped!”? Well, this morning, we teamed up with our Vision Zero partners at Lyft, along with a crew of local media personalities, for a joint effort we’re calling, Baked! Munchies Challenge. And no, there were no special brownies. Or baking. But one team did use the… [ Keep reading ]
If you build it, they will come. Back in February 2018, we shared some exciting cycling news when we opened up a new section of our city’s connected bike path from Pike Street to Denny Way extending the existing 2nd Avenue Protected Bike Lane (PBL) to Yesler Way – 23 blocks… [ Keep reading ]
When was the last time you touched your phone while driving? We won’t tell, but we will judge. Just kidding (mostly). Maybe you took a little peek at Instagram when you were at a red light. Or responded to your friend’s text with the perfect GIF. Or you just had… [ Keep reading ]
