Work begins Saturday, October 12, on a project to install ORCA card reading electronic kiosks along the Third Avenue downtown bus corridor. The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) bus kiosks are going in at nine RapidRide stops along Third Avenue, a major downtown transit corridor that carries numerous Metro routes, including… [ Keep reading ]
Theme likens streetcar power lines to thread that sews neighborhoods together The first of a number of site-integrated art pieces along the 2.5 mile route of the First Hill Streetcar was installed in front of Yesler Terrace. Seattle artist, Claudia Fitch, has developed individual site-specific pieces mounted on the poles that… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle’s Arterial Asphalt & Concrete Program has struck again, with completion of another paving project. The NE 125th Street / Sand Point Way NE Project repaved nearly five miles of roadway – Roosevelt Way NE and NE 125th Street between Interstate 5 and Sand Point Way, and Sand Point Way… [ Keep reading ]
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 ]
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 ]
Third Avenue Design Open House 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Benaroya Hall, Boeing Company Gallery (access along Third Avenue, south of Union Street) Please join SDOT and King County Metro today for an open house to learn about a new streetscape vision to organize, humanize, and energize Third Avenue in… [ Keep reading ]
Third Avenue Design Open House Tuesday, September 24, 2013 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Benaroya Hall, Boeing Company Gallery (access along Third Avenue, south of Union Street) Please join SDOT and King County Metro on September 24 for an open house to learn about a new streetscape vision to… [ Keep reading ]
The Aurora BAT Lanes are now in operation Aurora Avenue North is among the most heavily used transportation corridors in King County. It connects neighborhoods and serves as a major thoroughfare for commuters traveling daily to and from work. As part of King County’s Metro RapidRide E Line project, the… [ Keep reading ]
Beginning this month, continuing through December, First Hill Streetcar construction crews will lay track all along South Jackson Street between 14th and 8th avenues south. Crews hope to finish installing streetcar tracks in Little Saigon by early next year. They will then come back to complete streetcar platforms, electrical work and smaller elements… [ Keep reading ]
Huan Hoang is proud of the work he does on the City of Seattle’s First Hill Streetcar. The 41-year-old is part of the Stacy and Witbeck team that serves as the general contractor handling construction management on the project, while also building all of the streetcar tracks and platforms. As general… [ Keep reading ]
