Tag: sdot

April 16, 2020

With the West Seattle High Bridge closed until at least 2022, talks begin about building a replacement

As we learn more about the unexpected and sudden closure of the West Seattle High Bridge at the end of March, it’s looking more and more like the decision to close the bridge prevented a horrific tragedy. Cracking on both sides of the support structure of the longest span was on a path to meet…
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tagged: city council district 1, Lisa herbold, lower west seattle bridge, sam zimbabwe, sdot, upper west seattle bridge, west seattle
April 14, 2020

What kind of bike lanes should SDOT build on MLK between Rainier and Judkins Park (in 2023)?

I know it’s pretty hard to think about 2023 right now. Because a month lasts about a year right now, 2023 is more than 30 years away. But SDOT is currently conducting a survey about the planned MLK Way S bike lane between Rainier Ave S and S Judkins St even though they don’t plan…
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tagged: central district, judkins park, mlk way, sdot
April 8, 2020

You can now report bike share parking issues with the city’s Find It Fix It app

Bike share parking complaints can now be routed through the city’s Find It Fix It app and website as well as by calling 684-ROAD, SDOT’s work order hotline. Basically, reporting a bike share parking issue now goes through the same system as reporting a pothole. This isn’t a big deal right now in Seattle since…
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tagged: bike share, find it fix it, sdot
April 1, 2020

JUMP is offering free rides to essential workers + City is adding bike parking where needed to ease crunch

To help people get around during the COVID-19 outbreak, Seattle’s only bike share company JUMP is offering free 30-minute rides to essential workers during the stay-at-home order (“at least”). Workplaces just need to email [email protected] to get ride codes they can send out to employees. Bike share is an interesting option during this outbreak because…
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tagged: bike share, covid-19, jump, sdot
March 31, 2020

Watch: With the West Seattle high bridge closed, here are some popular bike routes to get across the Duwamish River

Transcript (auto-generated .txt) There is still no timeline for reopening the West Seattle high bridge, by far the most-traveled way to get across the Duwamish River and connect to the rest of the city. In the meantime, the lower Spokane Street swing bridge and its walking and biking trail is still open, making biking a…
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tagged: anthony palmieri, lower west seattle bridge, sdot, upper west seattle bridge, video, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
March 23, 2020

Upper West Seattle Bridge will be closed for an unknown amount of time, biking across the swing bridge still open

SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe made an unexpected announcement Monday afternoon that the upper West Seattle Bridge will be closed starting at 7 p.m. due to concerns about cracking in the bridge structure. The lower swing bridge and its walking and biking path will remain operational, but the traffic lanes will be reserved for transit, freight…
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tagged: sam zimbabwe, sdot, upper west seattle bridge, west seattle