Tag: sdot

May 5, 2023

‘No Turn On Red’ is now the default for new or upgraded Seattle traffic signals

All new or upgraded traffic signals in Seattle will feature “No Turn On Red” restrictions by default while also retrofitting dozens of existing signals with the signs. So even though a turn on red ban did not make it through the Washington legislature this year, Seattle is not waiting for the state. In fact, perhaps…
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tagged: right turns on red, sdot
April 19, 2023

Watch: We know this street design is deadly, so why do we keep building them this way?

Seattle’s recent Vision Zero review noted that 80% of people killed while walking on Seattle streets are killed on streets with multiple lanes in the same direction. So why are we on the verge of opening a brand new streets through Belltown near Pike Place Market with multiple lanes in the same direction? I ride…
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tagged: belltown, pike place market, sdot, videos, vision zero, waterfront, western ave, wsdot
April 11, 2023

Rainier Valley Greenways: How to make ‘Bicycle Weekends’ on Lake Washington Blvd better

Since 1968, Seattle Parks has been hosting car-free days on Lake Washington Boulevard during the spring and summer. It’s one of the longest-running open streets events in the world, and the department partnered with SDOT in recent years to expand it to last full weekends. As planning gets underway for the 2023 season, Rainier Valley…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, bicycle weekends, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, rainier valley greenways, sdot
April 10, 2023

City awards E Marginal Way contract, work to start in fall

A complete rebuild of E Marginal Way has been in the works for a long time, and work is set to finally get under way this autumn. The street is both a major bike route and the trucking access point for several Port terminals, and the project has been an example of bike safety and…
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tagged: marginal way, sdot
March 24, 2023

Work to connect the Duwamish Trail to the Spokane Street Bridge will start in early April

The Duwamish Trail will finally connect to the Spokane Street Bridge in May, SDOT told area stakeholders. Work will begin in early April and, weather permitting, should be be completed in just a couple weeks. The permanent trail connection will replace the temporary barrel-lined trail constructed during the emergency Spokane Street Bridge closure in January.…
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tagged: bruce harrell, duwamish trail, sdot, west marginal way
March 9, 2023

Trails near Judkins Park Station will get lights

Trail connections to the under-construction Judkins Park light rail station will get lighting as the city and Sound Transit work to improve station access conditions before it opens in … uh … well, at some point. Judkins Park Station is the only new Seattle station on the East Link line, and it could be one…
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tagged: I-90 trail, judkins park, judkins park station, sdot, sound transit