This week Amtrak released “Track a Train” an interactive map of its 300-plus daily train trips. Atlantic Cities gives us the scoop: Now travelers and train enthusiasts alike can see how slow fast a particular Amtrak train is moving at any given time. Requisite snark aside, the service looks both… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is accepting applications for mini-grants of up to $1,000 to fund projects that educate students about pedestrian and bicycle safety, and encourage walking and biking to school. Private and public schools, PTAs and other school-related nonprofit groups may apply. The activities must support the… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is responsible for managing more than 500 stairways that can be found across the city. With the help of the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation levy SDOT has been working to keep our stairways clear and useable! Stairways can be found all across the… [ Keep reading ]
This week, crews will continue sidewalk and landscaping work on Valley Street between Fairview Avenue North and Ninth Avenue North. Construction will also continue on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR 99 between Valley and Harrison… Filed Under: SDOT
On Capitol Hill and in Pike-Pine, drivers can soon use their phones to pay for on-street parking. No need to visit a pay station or display a sticker on the window. This could be especially helpful for motorcycles and scooter owners who worry about losing their valid pay station stickers…. [ Keep reading ]
SDOT and SPD have teamed up for more pedestrian safety emphasis patrols. This will be the third round of pedestrian safety patrols this month. Consider yourself warned! In support of the Road Safety Action Plan and the “Be Super Safe” outreach campaign, the Seattle Police Department’s Traffic Section will be conducting… [ Keep reading ]
The Delridge Paving Project that is rebuilding approximately one and a half miles of Delridge Way SW between SW Orchard and Roxbury streets, and installing new storm water detention capacity beneath much of that, will now add more pedestrian safety improvements. To continue to meet the goals of the Seattle Pedestrian… [ Keep reading ]
Now that fall has officially arrived you are probably seeing more kids walking to and from school. Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation initiative passed by Seattle voters in 2006, more than 30 elementary schools around Seattle have gained new and improved walking routes through the Safe Routes… [ Keep reading ]
Starting this week, and over the next couple of months, some 2,000 old and faded stop and yield signs will be replaced throughout the city. The signs are being funded by a $1 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration and $100,000 in SDOT maintenance funds. The majority of those… [ Keep reading ]
Have you seen these eye-catching signs and wondered what they were all about and who posted them? They’re part of SDOT’s “Be Super Safe” outreach campaign to remind everyone to look out for each other. By making our streets safer near schools, more families are willing to walk and… [ Keep reading ]
