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Permit applications – a rainbow of fun!

Government forms aren’t typically thought of as colorful, or, for that matter, easy to use. Enter Seattle, ever on the cutting edge! On Monday customers coming to the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Street Use Permit Counter will see a rainbow of permit application colors, differentiating lines of business, and sporting a format much… [ Keep reading ]

Your Transportation Levy Dollars at Work – 2014, part 1

In 2006, Seattle voters passed a nine-year levy program targeting transportation maintenance and improvement projects – Bridging the Gap (BTG).  The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has worked hard every year to spend the levy dollars wisely and to hold to the promises made to voters.  Once again in… [ Keep reading ]

Are you a results-oriented person?

  Would you like to know more about all the work done in 2013 by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) thanks to your transportation levy dollars – Bridging the Gap (BTG)?  Or learn what SDOT and BTG have planned for 2014? Like to meet new folks and find out… [ Keep reading ]

Bridging the Gap…what have we accomplished in seven years? Lots!

The Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation levy program just wrapped up its seventh year of work.  BTG is a nine-year, $365 million levy that is working to address years of deferred maintenance to aging infrastructure.  Approved by voters in 2006, BTG enables much-needed work by the Seattle Department of… [ Keep reading ]

Planting, pruning and landscaping all done!

  Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Transportation Initiative, passed by Seattle voters in 2006, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has met its  2013 goals of planting 684 trees, pruning 3,449 trees and completing 1,007 landscape maintenance projects.  SDOT’s Urban Forestry, which is charged with overseeing the more… [ Keep reading ]

A tree’s best friend

Nolan Rundquist, City Arborist, recently received a Seattle Department of Transportation Shining Star award in recognition for his key role in the passage of the City’s new Tree Ordinance.  Modest about his many achievements, Nolan’s the last to admit that the ordinance passed in May would not have come about… [ Keep reading ]

The trees are coming! The trees are coming!

Next week 100 trees will begin arriving in West Seattle Thanks to the Bridging the Gap voter–approved transportation initiative, 100 new trees will soon take root in West Seattle.  Next Tuesday, November 12, SDOT’s Urban Forestry division will begin planting on Fauntleroy Avenue SW from SW Trenton to SW Holly… [ Keep reading ]

Show me the money!

The Bridging the Gap (BTG) Transportation initiative was passed by Seattle voters in 2006.  BTG committed not only to construct city-funded transportation projects, but also to leverage other funds and support a variety of regional and federal partnership opportunities. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and BTG have delivered on… [ Keep reading ]

Bridging the Gap – working to beat the calendar and shorter days.

Fall has arrived in the Northwest, although it has been somewhat atypical with lots of sunshine, fog and the lack of rain.  One thing is clear,  the days are getting shorter and darker as Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) crews work to wrap up their work for the year.  Thanks… [ Keep reading ]

What do grants, safe routes to school and oversight have in common?

  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 ]