The pictures speak for themselves – although this was considered a “small project,” it made a big difference to the neighborhood. The project was requested by a resident and built by SDOT with funding from the Neighborhood Projects Fund. The fund is a city-administered program that works with communities… [ Keep reading ]
A couplet is a pair of lines working together – sometimes in poetry, sometimes in transportation. Take SDOT’s recently completed bicycle couplet in northeast Seattle for example. The two lines are Roosevelt Way NE and 11th/12th Ave NE and together they’re working to move cyclists northbound and southbound through the… [ Keep reading ]
Over the weekend a turtle will take shape on the pavement at the intersection of Interlake Avenue N and N 41st Street. You’ll get to learn more about it on the SDOT blog next week, to include photos of the big guy, but we wanted to show what the neighborhood is planning for their “street canvas” this weekend.
One of the benefits of walking in Seattle is enjoying the view, and seeing details you would never notice as you whiz by in a vehicle. Walking across the Jose Rizal Bridge feels like floating in mid air—and indeed it is, at 110 feet above Dearborn Street. The bridge connects… [ Keep reading ]
If you’ve noticed these strange looking dark green bags wrapped around the base of city-owned trees, take a closer look. Called “Tree Gators,” they irrigate the trees. SDOT’s Urban Forestry crews are hopping busy watering nearly 2,200 newly-planted trees every week. Watering trees for the first two to three summers… [ Keep reading ]
More than four blocks of new sidewalk have been constructed this year, thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG ) Levy Program. Seattle residents will see 15 blocks by the end of 2010. Since the BTG program began in 2007, 54 blocks of new sidewalk has been completed. Check out… [ Keep reading ]
Saturday morning, August 21, pack your chalks, don your beret and head out for a public artwork dedication at 160 21st Avenue in the Squire Park Neighborhood. As part of the neighborhood’s Art in the Park festival, the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs will dedicate Salon, by Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
Question: Where can you go this Saturday to watch a parade, shoot some hoops, enjoy cuisine from around the world, learn how to compost, take in a choir, and see the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace? Answer: Right in the middle of Rainier Avenue S between S Alaska Street and S Brandon St! … [ Keep reading ]
One of the issues raised about the proposed rechannelization of NE 125th concerns community outreach. SDOT works hard to alert impacted communities about both proposed and planned work. Examples of this include recent efforts such as paving downtown Fourth Avenue, replacing the NE 45th Street Viaduct approach or holding Summer… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT’s bridge crews take care of much more than bridges—they are also responsible for nearly 500 outdoor stairways, used by residents to get to bus stops, schools, stores and other community destinations. The crews are currently rehabilitating the top flight of the S Ferdinand Street stairway near the Columbia City… [ Keep reading ]
