Today, for nearly six hours, volunteers braved the cold to string holiday lights on the Giant Sequoia located next to Macy’s at Fourth Avenue and Stewart Street. This year, Eric Greenberg, the faithful volunteer who has been doing the trimming every year, enlisted the help of Chris… [ Keep reading ]
If you use SDOT’s Traveler’s Information Map, we’d like you to take a survey that will help us to improve the traveler information that we provide via the map. We plan to continually improve the map as funds become available. Because the map project received funding from the Federal… [ Keep reading ]
The American Automobile Association (AAA) calculates it costs $8,500 a year to operate a typical car. Choosing to get around walking, biking and riding transit, instead of investing in a car, can really inflate your bank account. That’s just one fun fact from this month’s “WALK. BIKE. RIDEr,” an SDOT newsletter… [ Keep reading ]
Getting around Seattle can be tricky—everyone has waited for a delayed bus in the rain, driven to work to save time, or needed room for just one more bike on the train. Maybe you wish the bus stopped closer to your house or was easier to get to on… [ Keep reading ]
The outside lanes of South Columbian Way, between Beacon Avenue South and 15th Avenue South, were crumbling this spring. Now, with completion of the project to repave this segment, the roadway is smooth and pretty! Since the outside lanes of the roadway had to be reconstructed, it was the… [ Keep reading ]
Over the past week, the Walking in Seattle Blog has explored the pedestrian experience along one of our city’s busiest arterials – Aurora Avenue North. From the Battery Street Tunnel to the city limits at North 145th Street, Aurora carries a heavy volume of vehicles ranging from 35,000 vehicles per… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT is Poised and Ready to Respond to Snow and Ice The weather gurus are warning of a snowy winter ahead, but SDOT is ahead of the curve and ready to keep roads open, buses moving and critical emergency services accessible. Last year we had a mild winter, so SDOT… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s Urban Forestry Tree and Landscape crews have just completed planting over 300 trees in South Park, Genesee Park, and along Columbian Way. The trees are a mix of oaks, maples, serviceberries, zelkovas, and crabapples. This last round of fall planting completes Urban Forestry’s goal to plant 800 trees… [ Keep reading ]
As part of our ongoing effort to make Seattle the most walkable city in the nation, five new crosswalks will be installed across our city’s streets before the winter rains begin. The first of which is already complete! Residents in the vicinity of 8th Avenue NW and NW 73rd Street can… [ Keep reading ]
Leaves are falling. Here’s a couple reminders on what to do and not do with your leaves: DO rake up a pile on this nice sunny day and jump in them! DO NOT sweep leaves off sidewalks into the streets and storm drains; DO please help keep storm drains clear. … [ Keep reading ]
