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Bikes and Bridging the Gap!

Bike to Work month begins tomorrow and is timed perfectly with the arrival of warmer temperatures and lots of sunshine! So, it’s time to dust off the bike, pump up the tires and go for a ride. Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation program riding your bike to… [ Keep reading ]

Safe Routes to School in Southeast Seattle

Over the past year, SDOT’s Safe Routes to School program has focused on schools in southeast Seattle. AmeriCorps VISTA ‘s Laura Ruchinskas has led these targeted outreach efforts, centered on Aki Kurose Middle School in the Rainier Valley. Laura created partnerships between SDOT, Bike Works and the Seattle Police Department…. [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Preview

This week, crews will continue to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street and Westlake Avenue North, north of Mercer Street and signal installations on Dexter Avenue North, Broad Street and Fifth Avenue North. The signals will be operational on May 20 when two lanes will be closed… Filed Under: SDOT

Which of Seattle’s bicycle routes are used the most?

Last August in the SDOT Blog we reported partial bicycle trip counts for 2012 gathered in the quarterly National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project. Now we have compiled a full year of 2012 data and learned that the number of trips increased 5 percent from 2011. The top… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase)
Weekly Construction Wrap-Up

   This week, crews continued to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street and Westlake Avenue N north of Mercer Street. Activities this week included:

Sunshine and new sidewalks!

Seattle will spend the next several days basking under blue skies and sunshine. Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Transportation program, you can get out and explore the city on the many new blocks of sidewalk that have been constructed since the program began in 2007. Since the beginning… [ Keep reading ]

First Hill Streetcar Construction Update

The First Hill Streetcar project entered another phase of construction last week as it began excavation and construction for streetcar rail in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Work began at Occidental and Jackson, the location of the terminus station for the project’s 2.5 mile route from Pioneer Square, through the Chinatown/International… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase)
Weekly Construction Preview

This week, crews will continue to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street and Westlake Avenue N north of Mercer Street. Activities this week include:

Don’t miss this once in a lifetime event!

King Street Station’s Main Waiting Room to reopen Wednesday Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Time: 11:00 -11:45 a.m. Place: Main Waiting Room, King Street Station, 303 S. Jackson Street, Seattle (waiting room entrance located on the track level at the intersection of S King Street and Third Avenue S) This… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase)
Weekly Construction Wrap-Up

This week, crews continued to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street and Westlake Avenue N north of Mercer Street. Activities this week included: