Tag: sdot

March 21, 2018

Seattle tests low-budget painted bike parking to make bike share more orderly

Thousands of bikes spread throughout the city available on-demand for $1, what could be wrong with that? The private, free-floating bike share companies serving Seattle are already changing how people get around the city by providing a new fast, healthy, low-cost and very environmentally-friendly mobility option. Combined with an expansion of safe and comfortable bike…
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tagged: bicycle security advocates, bike parking, bike share, sdot
January 5, 2018

Seattle’s ‘Safest Driver’ app shows some promising results

Among the 4,000 or so people who initially downloaded the “Seattle’s Safest Driver” app, speeding decreased 10 percent and phone distraction decreased 15 percent, according to SDOT. Hard braking and acceleration is also down more than a quarter among the 1,000 users who are most active on the app, a sign that the feedback the…
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tagged: sdot, seattle’s safest driver
January 2, 2018

Kubly’s SDOT responded to massive growth by going big on walking, biking and transit

Scott Kubly resigned as SDOT Director last month, closing a chapter of incredible growth (and growing pains) over his more than three years at the expanding agency. As SDOT Director during the development of the nine-year Move Seattle transportation levy voters approved in 2015, Kubly’s imprint will remain in Seattle for many years to come.…
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tagged: jenny durkan, scott kubly, sdot
December 29, 2017

Construction set to begin on vital downtown stretch of 7th Ave bike lane

Construction is set to begin next week to finally connect the well-used 7th Ave bike lane to the downtown core. When we last wrote about the planned 7th Ave southbound protected bike lane, we noted that it would end just a few blocks from 2nd Ave. But in the interim, SDOT accelerated planning and construction…
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tagged: 7th Ave, basic bike network, downtown, sdot
December 19, 2017

SDOT uses bike racks to displace people camping under Viaduct

When a long row of bike racks popped up under the Viaduct at Western and Bell, people immediately questioned whether the racks were there to create parking spaces for people to lock bikes or to displace people experiencing homelessness who had been camping in the rare dry Belltown spot. What is the destination in mind…
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tagged: bike parking, homelessness, sdot
December 12, 2017

As NE 65th Street safety changes develop, tell SDOT to keep sidewalks wide and bike lanes protected

NE 65th Street needs a safer design. People keep getting seriously injured and killed on this street, and that won’t stop until something changes. This point has been well established, with neighbors even leading a community memorial and march to protest the dangerous conditions and demand action from the city. Councilmember Rob Johnson, whose District…
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tagged: andres salomon, ne 65th, rob johnson, sdot