SEATTLE – On Friday, May 26, SDOT will lower the speed limit on Boyer Ave E in the Montlake neighborhood and on Harbor Ave SW in West Seattle as part of the city’s Vision Zero plan to end traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 2030. Lower speeds… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is one of the safest cities, not just in the US, but in the world. We are making progress on Vision Zero, our ultimate goal of zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030, but we need to continue redesigning streets, enforcing the rules of the road, and educating the public…. [ Keep reading ]
SDOT recently participated in a Take Your Youngster’s to Work Day event at City Hall, hosted by Councilmember Rob Johnson. There were about 50 kiddos, ages 2 to 13, learning about what we grownups at the city do. Of course, Seattle Fire Department stole the show with their fire truck. But we… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program encourages physical activity through walking and bicycling. We support this effort by funding engineering improvements and education campaigns at public and private schools throughout Seattle. In 2015, we launched our Safe Routes to School 5-Year Action Plan for Seattle. To make sure we’re meeting our action… [ Keep reading ]
We hung out in southeast Seattle last night talking to community members and listening to their thoughts about a number of projects in Rainier Valley: extending safety investments south on Rainier Ave making buses more frequent and reliable with RapidRide planning for a new light rail station at Judkins Park… [ Keep reading ]
Been a while since you took your driver’s license test? Us, too. We thought we’d take a moment to refresh everyone on a key rule of the road – ‘granting pedestrians the right of way’ – which, in plain language, means stopping for people when they’re crossing the street. Over… [ Keep reading ]
New Years resolutions are as easy to break as they are to make, but for 2017, Seattle is keeping our commitment to Vision Zero and eliminating traffic deaths or serious injuries by 2030. At the end of 2016, we announced multiple speed limit changes to help keep everyone safe, and… [ Keep reading ]
On behalf of the Seattle Department of Transportation, we wish everyone a Happy and Safe New Year holiday wherever your travels take you. In the new year, SDOT will continue its focus on creating a safe, interconnected, vibrant, affordable, and innovative city for all. On-street paid parking is free in Seattle on… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is consistently recognized as one of the safest cities in the country, with a 30% decline in traffic fatalities over the past decade, even with our population growth. But crashes still happen every day, taking the lives of close to 20 people and injuring nearly 150 people a year in… [ Keep reading ]
This week, Seattle is observing World Remembrance Day and commemorating the 240 people who died in traffic incidents over the past 10 years. On Thursday, families who have lost loved ones, city employees, and first responders gathered at City Hall at an event organized by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways for a public… [ Keep reading ]
