SDOT reached two key milestones recently to move the First Hill Streetcar line closer to the start of construction. SDOT completed the evaluation process for selection of the project general contractor/construction manager (GC/CM). This was a best value process based on qualifications and proposed fee for construction management services…. [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s Neighborhood Traffic Program helps ensure safe traffic operations on our residential streets. Residents often get involved in the program when they have concerns about speeding, high traffic volumes, or cut-through traffic issues on their street. Above all, people get involved because they want to feel safe while walking along or across… [ Keep reading ]
Voter approved Bridging the Gap (BTG) funds have helped complete a significant number of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) capital projects in 2010, including the rehabilitation of several highly utilized bridges. If you live in or travel through the U-District you likely saw the work completed on the NE 45th… [ Keep reading ]
NPR recently did a story on whether those “close door >< ” elevator buttons actually work*. The reporter closed the story with “they are just like pedestrian push buttons…” Well, we thought we’d clarify how those pedestrian push buttons work. Most buttons are tied into the signal cycle for the… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT is working with WSDOT to coordinate relocation of underground utility and water systems near the southern portion of the viaduct between S Holgate Street and S King Street. The work is part of city street improvements that will help keep traffic moving during construction to replace the southern mile… [ Keep reading ]
Tom Im, with InterIm Community Development Association, recently thanked SDOT and many other city departments and agencies for their efforts to implement the first “Green Street” in the International District. The design and implementation of this project needed many hundreds of volunteers and over six years to complete.
Throughout the year, the SDOT Blog has posted numerous reports on the newest bike facilities to hit the streets in Seattle. This year we installed more than 20 miles of new bike facilities as we continue to implement the Bicycle Master Plan’s vision of a 450-mile on- and off-street bicycle network. Our planners and engineers tackled many difficult projects… [ Keep reading ]
Pedestrians and cyclists take note, the bridge over the railroad tracks, from Elliott Avenue West to Myrtle Edwards Park, at West Thomas Street, WILL happen!!! This overpass will provide a key connection to the waterfront from the Lower Queen Anne and Belltown neighborhoods. When the bike/ped overpass project kicked off… [ Keep reading ]
After the thunder and lightning ended this morning, I saw my neighbor out in the rain raking leaves out of the street. As I passed him I said “Wow, you are dedicated!”. He said “Hey, you have to seize your moment…and I love to see the river of water flowing… [ Keep reading ]
Meet Vincent Prince, SDOT’s supervisor in charge of collecting data on traffic volumes around the city. It’s a big job with about 2,000 to 3,000 traffic counts administered per year. What goes into a single “traffic count”? A rubber tube is laid across the travel lanes coming into a particular… [ Keep reading ]
