Tag: sdot

December 21, 2022

How bikeable are the roads and paths near you? – UPDATED

PM UPDATE: It sounds like a lot untreated surfaces have turned to smooth ice after sundown. Take care. I biked to play hockey last night, and the roads between the U District and Kraken Community Iceplex in Northgate were in fairly good condition. As noted in our post yesterday, the city prioritizes arterial streets and…
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tagged: robert svercl, sdot, snow, sumner link trail
December 20, 2022

How to check which Seattle streets have been plowed

If you’re heading out on a bike in the snow, you’ll quickly figure out that a lot of the slower streets and bike paths you typically ride have not been plowed. So unless you have a fully winterized bike with snow tires and everything, you may need to reroute to the priority snowplow streets until…
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tagged: sdot, snow, snow plow map
December 20, 2022

SDOT will upgrade part of the 8th Ave bike lane downtown

SDOT will upgrade the 8th Ave bike lane between Pike Street to Westlake Avenue to replace the paint and plastic posts with concrete barriers. Work will start in early January and continue for up to 3 months. The project was funded thanks to a community-led effort to secure a variety of street improvements from the…
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tagged: 8th ave, downtown, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, WA State Convention Center
December 20, 2022

Here’s why the new signal at 83rd and Greenwood still isn’t fully operational

The crosswalk signal at 83rd and Greenwood made some headlines a few months ago in large part because it was constructed in the same place as a community-made crosswalk that was painted in September 2021. The crossing is part of the neighborhood greenway connection between Greenwood and Green Lake, and the improved crosswalk even garnered…
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tagged: greenwood, greenwood ave, n 83rd street, sdot
December 16, 2022

SDOT will try again to make rail crossing under the Ballard Bridge safer

SDOT is set to start work as soon as Monday on another fix to hopefully prevent people from crashing while biking across the train tracks under the Ballard Bridge as they navigate the notorious Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link. Crews will tear out sections of the roadway and replace it with gravel in hopes that this…
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tagged: ballard, ballard bridge, missing link, nw 45th st, sdot
December 8, 2022

More notes on two-way vs one-way bike lanes on Beacon Hill

The biggest decision point presented in SDOT’s Beacon Hill bike lane survey (open through January 6) is whether the city should build one-way bike lanes on either side of 15th Ave S or one two-way bike lane on the east side of the street. SDOT’s Hallie O’Brien shined a little more light on the pros…
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tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, hallie o’brien, sdot