Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to last night’s Center City Connector streetcar open house at Pike Place Market! Nearly 100 people attended to share their great ideas and ask questions. We presented options for running a new streetcar on First Avenue that would connect the South… [ Keep reading ]
October 29 Open House on the Center City Connector Transit Study Join Mayor McGinn and SDOT staff Tuesday, October 29, 5 – 7 pm at Pike Place Market (85 Pike Street, Elliott Bay Room on the 3rd floor of the Economy Building –location details) The Mayor and project team will… [ Keep reading ]
Interested in hearing more about the amazing work done by the Seattle Department of Transportation’s (SDOT) Capital and Revenue Development Division? Or learning more about the great work of the Safe Routes to School Program? Or maybe you are just interested in getting an update on the work the… [ Keep reading ]
As we move closer to the end of 2013 Seattle residents can expect to see a flurry of construction activity as the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) begins to wrap up many of its construction projects. Currently, two of SDOT’s 2013 Sidewalk Development projects are in construction right now, with… [ Keep reading ]
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 ]
