For decades, the “Mercer Mess” has been one of the City’s most significant transportation challenges. Each day some 80,000 vehicles, along with growing numbers of pedestrians and bicyclists, enter and exit I-5 at Mercer Street, making it a critical east/west route for keeping people, goods, and services moving. While eastbound… [ Keep reading ]
It’s a tasty smorgasbord of transportation links for you to stuff your face with! Driving is all that. NOT! Driving is so 1995, chart shows Food for thought: Grocery Delivery Service Is Greener Than Driving to the Store Is Seattle the next Toronto? Toronto’s waterfront makeover a huge money maker,… [ Keep reading ]
Okay, so, not the most subtle approach, but you get it…lane restrictions – well, more of them – for the Mercer Corridor Project, begin Monday. The West Phase of the Mercer Corridor Project starts with rebuilding the SR 99 Aurora overpass (no timid start there) and, as we said before, the initial work… [ Keep reading ]
Safety is the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)’s number one priority, and we are committed to improving safety for everyone who uses our transportation system. In Seattle, we want people of all abilities – from our five-year-old kids to our 80-year old grandparents – to be comfortable moving about the… [ Keep reading ]
The contractor is about to get Notice to Proceed on the Mercer West Phase of the Mercer Corridor Project, meaning construction to convert Mercer Street to two-way traffic from I-5 to Uptown is about to start. Atkinson Construction is tackling the mega effort that begins with improving the problematic portion of Mercer… [ Keep reading ]
In 2006, Seattle voters passed a nine-year, $365 million, transportation levy for maintenance and improvements known as Bridging the Gap (BTG). The levy is complemented by a commercial parking tax. The BTG levy funds maintenance programs for paving; new sidewalk development and repairs; repair, rehabilitation and seismic upgrades to Seattle’s… [ Keep reading ]
Sound Transit and SDOT are studying transit improvements between Ballard and Downtown Seattle. Partnering increases our efficiency and helps conserve taxpayer dollars. Expected outcomes are: Support implementation of the Seattle Transit Master Plan and study rapid streetcar alternatives. Support regional discussions about long-range plans for future high capacity transit (HCT)…. [ Keep reading ]
Tomorrow crews open up Fairview Avenue North to two-way traffic. This is a change from only one northbound lane on Fairview, between Harrison and Mercer, and no southbound traffic between Valley and Harrison. So… REMEMBER FAIRVIEW MONDAY! The change represents a shift to the next stage of Mercer Corridor construction which includes… [ Keep reading ]
Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Transportation Initiative, since 2007more than 170 lane-miles of arterial roadway have been repaved or reconstructed across the city,. Roadways that have seen major repaving include Airport Way S, 15th Avenue NE, Dexter Avenue N, Columbian Way S, First Avenue S, Fourth Avenue S,… [ Keep reading ]
It may have been a Saturday and the weather may have been half-way decent, but that didn’t keep neighborhood residents from attending an open house on March 2nd at the Garfield Community Center. Some 80 interested citizens showed up to hear about the scope… [ Keep reading ]
