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Earn free bike, scooter, and transit rides this summer!

The popular “Bike and Scoot to Transit” program is back this summer and is even better than in previous years. This program lets people earn free bike, scooter, and transit trips while they commute and explore our region. This summer, “Bike and Scoot to Transit” has been expanded to include… [ Keep reading ]

Getting to Climate Pledge Arena: Your Travel Guide

Blog stats: 900 words | 5-minute read At-a-glance: Climate Pledge Arena is one of Seattle’s largest and most exciting venues for sports games, concerts, and events. There are many ways you can conveniently get to the arena, particularly by taking transit, biking, scooting, walking, or rolling. Check out all your… [ Keep reading ]

Earn a Transit Trip When You Ride Lime Bikes and Scooters to Light Rail!

Blog stats: 800 words | 4-minute read Please note: This promotion ends on December 15, 2024. Thank you for your interest. We’ve launched an exciting new promotion to connect your Lime bike and scooter share trips with public transit and earn enough rewards to cover your next transit ride! This… [ Keep reading ]

This year, we’re building dozens of safety enhancements around schools to help our kids walk, bike, and roll to school

Blog Stats: 1,300 words | 7-minute read At-a-glance: Safe Routes to School project highlights Traffic calming and better crossings near Adams Elementary in Ballard Many Adams Elementary students cross NW 65th St at 26th Ave NW and 28th Ave NW to get to school. School families saw a problem with… [ Keep reading ]

Spokane St Swing Bridge (low bridge) closing April 20-29 to people driving, walking, and biking – What to expect and how you can prepare.

Blog stats: 1,100 words | 5-minute read Editor’s Note: During April 20-29, we completed essential updates to the 30-year-old communication and control system for the Spokane St Swing Bridge. These upgrades include new computers to control bridge operations and activate safety gates. We also improved communication lines connecting the control… [ Keep reading ]

New protected bike lane installation on Eastlake Ave E in South Lake Union between E Galer St and E Roy St starts this weekend | LEVY DOLLARS AT WORK 

At-a-glance: We’re excited to start installation on the north segment of the Eastlake Layover Facility Mobility Improvements project – as soon as Saturday! This work will install protection for existing bike lanes on Eastlake Ave E between Roy St and Fairview Ave N in South Lake Union. Project Area: North… [ Keep reading ]

Best of the Month | Biking and scooting to transit, travel safety tips for darker weather conditions, and Levy to Move Seattle project highlights

In case you missed it, we’re sharing highlights from the SDOT Blog each month. Here are some of our top posts from November. Please note: you can click on the headlines to go directly to any specific blog post (#1-5) – or just read on for a shorter recap of… [ Keep reading ]

Bike or scoot your way to transit and earn rewards along the way, with new pilot program!

Summary: We’ve launched a new pilot program to encourage people to bike and scoot their way to transit, and we want you to try it out! Ride any bike share or scooter share service to select transit hubs and save up to $8 on your trip. You can earn discounted… [ Keep reading ]

Best of the Month | Distributing free ORCA cards, announcing the expected West Seattle Bridge reopening schedule, celebrating Ride Transit Month, and more! 

In case you missed it, we’re sharing highlights from the SDOT Blog each month. Here are some of our top blog posts from June. SDOT Blog Monthly Highlights – June 2022 Seattle Transit Measure | We are giving free, unlimited ORCA Recovery cards to people working in food service and… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle by Bike: We’ve updated our bike guide with the latest information on bicycling around the city! 

In 2014, we published a bike guide detailing how to get around Seattle by bike.  Given the major bicycle infrastructure investments we’ve made since that time to help strengthen Seattle’s bicycle network, we decided it was time to publish an updated, refreshed 2022 bike guide to help new and experienced… [ Keep reading ]