Tag: sdot

June 24, 2024

Here are the 8 neighborhood greenways SDOT paused until after November’s transportation levy vote

SDOT announced that eight neighborhood greenway projects previously scheduled for construction and/or planning have been put on pause because “inflation is affecting our large-scale project budgets more than initially expected,” according to the department. The Central District and Capitol Hill were hit the hardest by the pauses, though there are pauses in all districts other…
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tagged: 2024 seattle transportation levy, bicycle master plan implementation plan, capitol hill, central district, central ridge, move seattle levy, neighborhood greenways, sdot
June 14, 2024

Last day to comment on Highland Park Way SW bike lane/trail concepts

SDOT is considering plans to improve bike access up and down Highland Park Way SW, a long and fairly steep section of roadway that serves as the only viable bike route option between the Duwamish Trail/1st Ave Bridge and Highland Park. Complete their online survey by June 15 (tomorrow!). Building this connection is one of…
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tagged: highland park way sw, sdot, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
June 13, 2024

SDOT seeks bids on bike projects to connect Georgetown to downtown and South Park + What’s the deal with these bids?

Two projects with big potential for connecting Georgetown to the north and south are officially seeking contractor bids with hopes that construction can begin in 2024. The Georgetown to South Park Connection is a walking and biking trail from S Bailey Street in the Georgetown business district to the South Park Bridge. It is being…
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tagged: bids, contracting, georgetown, georgetown to downtown bike connection, georgetown to south park connection, sdot, south park
May 31, 2024

Greenways: 6 people killed in Seattle traffic in a single week as Council considers street safety funding

Traffic deaths in Washington State reached a high in 2023 that the state has not seen in 33 years. That number of deaths in 2023 increased 10% over 2022. King County leads the way with 167 people killed in traffic, more than double the number in 2014. These are all the big numbers on a…
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tagged: deaths, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, vision zero
May 28, 2024

They did the thing I suggested at 9th and Mercer, and it almost works!

They did it! The Seattle Department of Transportation changed the order of the traffic signals at 9th Ave N and Mercer Street to allow straight traffic, the bike lane and the crosswalk to go before the left turns. This was an idea I first suggested more than six years ago shortly after the new Mercer…
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tagged: 9th ave n, mercer, sdot, south lake union, videos
May 13, 2024

Seattle’s first fully-protected intersection is now open at Dexter/Thomas

The goal: No more deaths or serious injuries at Dexter and Thomas. This seemingly unremarkable intersection has been the site of at least two tragedies in recent memory. Mike Wang was killed by someone making a left turn there while biking home from work in 2011, and Jaahnavi Kandula was killed by a speeding Seattle…
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tagged: dexter, protected intersections, sdot, seattle center, south lake union, thomas street