The Seattle Department of Transportation invites you to an Open House for the “West Mercer Place” portion of the Mercer West project to be held Tuesday, March 15th, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Seattle Center. The purpose of the Open House is to: Provide the preliminary results of the study regarding the… [ Keep reading ]
We know you’ve been wanting to make some changes. You’ve talked about getting more walking in your life. Or maybe you want to start using your bike for short trips in your neighborhood. The Walk Bike Ride Challenge is here with incentives and encouragement to help you make it happen. … [ Keep reading ]
Work is going well on 15th Avenue NE, especially considering crews are completely reconstructing a street that commonly carries 16,000 vehicles daily while maintaining car, truck, bicycle and pedestrian traffic! Pedestrians will be well-served by the end result, with new curb ramps and curb bulbs; widened sidewalks at bus zones; a new… [ Keep reading ]
Last month’s Walk Bike Rider E-newsletter has info about changes that happened in early February to thirty bus routes that serve downtown. So if you’ve noticed your bus isn’t at the same stop….we can help you find it. Or consider these savvy tips in the newsletter: One elevator connects light rail… [ Keep reading ]
To complete construction efficiently crews rebuilding 15th Avenue NE in the University District are going all out, night and day! The work schedule is quite the balancing act with very little wiggle room on such a highly utilized roadway. Despite that, in just the first four weeks crews have installed about… [ Keep reading ]
Work on the Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project remains on schedule, with the focus for 2011 on completion of the new First Avenue S on/off-ramp as well as the new widened portion of the upper roadway. Crews are building the upper deck out 41 feet to the north – and of… [ Keep reading ]
Work is now underway on the project to reconstruct the majority of 15th Avenue NE in the University District – from NE Pacific Street to NE 55th Street. The final product will improve pedestrian access by widening sidewalks at bus zones, adding curb ramps and curb bulbs and installing a new marked crosswalk… [ Keep reading ]
In 2010 SDOT built 15 blocks of sidewalks and installed 20 miles of new bike lanes and sharrows through the Bridging the Gap Transportation Levy. But before crews can apply fresh paint to streets or turn any dirt, SDOT planners must select locations for these new facilities. Guided by the… [ Keep reading ]
If you travel in SODO you’ve likely noticed that Airport Way South is looking better and better (see pretty pics below!). That’s because hard-working construction crews completed phase one of improvements to Airport Way South (South Spokane Street up to South Royal Brougham Way) this year and just about completed Airport… [ Keep reading ]
Work on the Mercer Corridor Project is well underway including the travel pains that go along with construction, as we all await the improvements. In a continued effort to ease the pain project team members this week released a Mercer East Construction Notice with route recommendations for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Below… [ Keep reading ]
