SDOT is working to make bicycling a comfortable and integral part of daily life in Seattle for people of all ages and abilities. We want bicycling to be more than a niche activity for fast and fearless riders. To help with this, we are implementing new thinking toward bicycle facilities…. [ Keep reading ]
In 2012, SDOT embarked on an update of the Bicycle Master Plan (BMP). While the 2007 BMP has been effective at guiding improvements to the City’s bicycle system, an update to the plan presented an opportunity to include fast-evolving best practices and new thinking in bicycle facilities, safety, and design… [ 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 Walk Bike Ride (WBR) Challenge is off to a great start. Over 1600 people have accepted the Challenge to reduce drive-alone car trips by walking, biking, riding transit, and carpooling. We have loads of great prizes and have partnered with both the Sub Pop Jubilee and the Capitol Hill… [ Keep reading ]
The Linden Avenue North Complete Street Project is complete, and we’re celebrating! Please join Mayor Mike McGinn, City leaders, community advocates, neighborhood families, area businesses, regional supporters and more tomorrow, July 13, from 10 a.m. to noon, on Linden Avenue N in front of the Bitter Lake Community Center (13035 Linden Avenue North) and bring… [ Keep reading ]
Work that began just two weeks ago to repave NE 125th Street is already showing results (the good kind, I mean). Besides the necessary but not so welcome barricades, with some keeping traffic from heading east up NE 125th to Sand Point Way, there’s also newly ADA-compliant sidewalks gracing the NE… [ Keep reading ]
Linden Avenue North between North 128th and North 145th streets is a fabulous new version of itself – awaiting a unique artwork installation in early July to call the “Complete Street” a completed project. Part of the newly neighborhood friendly Linden Corridor is the City’s first urban cycle track – modeled after… [ Keep reading ]
The Bridging the Gap (BTG) Levy Oversight Committee has begun their final review of projects submitted through the Neighborhood Street Fund (NSF) Large Project program. Funding for the program comes from the nine-year BTG transportation levy adopted by Seattle voters in 2006. The levy provides $4.5M every three years to… [ Keep reading ]
It’s that time of year once again when Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) crews seem to be everywhere doing all kinds of projects. Thanks to the Bridging the Gap(BTG) transportation initiative, you see even more crews working. Remember when you see crews working to please slow down and give them… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board is seeking new members Whether you’re an occasional bicycle rider or “hard core” cyclist, now is your chance to weigh in on the on-going development and implementation of Seattle’s bicycle facilities network.The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (SBAB) is seeking applications for new members to advise… [ Keep reading ]
