Tag Archives: SDOT

Finding the Burke-Gilman Trail’s Missing Link

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On Thursday night the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) hosted an open house on the alternatives for completing the unfinished part of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard. The 1.4 mile “missing link” is the only incomplete portion of the trail, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Government, Industrial, Land Use, Public Participation, Rail, Roads, Transportation, Walking | Tagged alternatives, Ballard, Ballard Bridge, Ballard Chamber of Commerce, bicycles, bikes, Burke, Burke-Gilman, Cascade Bicycle Club, community, cost, department of transportation, eis, environmental impact statement, Environmental Science Associates, ESA, Gilman, hospital, improvements, injuries, intersections, lawsuit, meeting, missing link, pedestrians, process, safety, SDOT, Seattle, Seattle Bike Blog, Shishole, Shishole Avenue, study, timeline, trail | 2 Comments

SDOT Studying High Capacity Transit for the Roosevelt Corridor

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is studying options for transit improvements in the Roosevelt corridor between Downtown and Northgate. Although Sound Transit is currently building Link light rail in the same area, the City’s Transit Master Plan (TMP) identifies … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, Cars, Land Use, Parking, Rail, Roads, Transportation, Walking | Tagged BRT, bus rapid transit, costs, downtown, Eastlake, HCT, high capacity transit, Northgate, options, project, rapid streetcar, Roosevelt, route, SDOT, Seattle, South Lake Union, study, transit master plan, Westlake | 8 Comments

New Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Northeast Seattle

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) staff hosted an open house on Tuesday to present conceptual plans for improving bike routes in northeast Seattle between East Green Lake Way N and 20th Avenue NE. Most of the project will simply be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Cars, Schools, Transportation, Walking | Tagged 15th Avenue, 62nd Street, Boulevard, budget, Cascade Bicycle Club, Cowen Park, Cowen Place, department of transportation, features, Green Lake, improvements, intersections, Olmstead, Parks Department, PBL, project, protected bike lanes, Ravenna, Ravenna Park, redesign, safety, SDOT, Seattle, timeline, University Greenways | 5 Comments

Seattle to Ask Voters for $900 Million in Transportation Funding

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

In November the City of Seattle will ask voters for a property tax levy to put money where their mouth is on the Move Seattle transportation vision (PDF). Approval would supplant the expiring $365 million Bridging the Gap funding with … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, Cars, Parking, Rail, Roads, Schools, Sustainability, Transportation, Walking | Tagged 2015, arterials, bicycle master plan, bike parking, bus rapid transit, complete streets, cost, Ed Murray, election, freight, funding, levy, light rail, mayor, mobility, Move Seattle, neighborhoods, new stop, projects, property tax, repaving, road diets, SDOT, transit, vote, walking | 4 Comments

Mayor Leads Scripted U-District Community Walk

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On Saturday Seattle mayor Ed Murray continued his series of “Find It, Fix It” walks with residents of the University District. The event drew a large crowd and media presence, and wound through the neighborhood’s core with a police escort. … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial, Event Writeup, Government, Housing, Policy, Public Art, Public Space, Transportation | Tagged app, community, crime, criticism, crowd, Ed Murray, event, Find It, Fix It, homeless, light rail, mayor, media, open space, Partnership, police, SDOT, Seattle, square, tour, U-District, university district, walk | 1 Comment

Seattle Invites Tech Community to ‘Hack’ Transportation

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

The City of Seattle and Commute Seattle launched a “Hack the Commute” project on Tuesday, bringing together partner agencies and local technology companies to develop tools for improving and navigating the city’s transportation network. The coalition is interested in innovations … Continue reading →

Posted in Event Writeup, Government, Transportation | Tagged apps, biking, developers, driving, entrepreneurs, event, Hack the Commute, Hackathon, improvements, information, infrastructure, Moz, OneBusAway, PSRC, SDOT, Seattle, smartphones, software, startups, tech, technology, transit, transportation, walking, WeWorks, Whoa Strategies | 6 Comments

Seattle Bike Activists Launch Major Infrastructure Campaign

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Last Saturday a coalition of local non-profits kicked off a grassroots campaign to accelerate construction of 250 additional miles of key Seattle bicycle routes by 2025. The city already has 135 miles of bike infrastructure, and momentum is building to … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Event Writeup, Policy, Transportation | Tagged advocacy, Ballard, Bike Master Plan, bikes, campaign, Cascade Bicycle Club, City, Connect Seattle, connections, Council, department of transportation, DOT, downtown, grassroots, greenways, light rail, major, Montlake, movement, neighborhoods, network, Northgate, plans, politics, Portage Bay, projects, protected bike lanes, regional trails, safety, SDOT, Seattle, Seattle Bike Summit, West Seattle, Westlake | 11 Comments

Seattle Set to Increase Car Share Limits

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On Tuesday the Seattle City Council transportation committee voted to approve an increase in the number of free-floating car share permits and operators. This would primarily benefit car2go, the German company whose blue-and-white mini cars are rented on a per … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars, Policy, Transportation | Tagged cap, car share, car2go, City Council, committee, commuter, DriveNow, expansion, on-street, operators, parking, pilot program, public, restrictions, SDOT, Seattle, spaces, transit, transportation, Zipcar | 7 Comments

SDOT To Extend Roosevelt Protected Bike Lane to 65th Street

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

At the Wednesday meeting of Seattle’s Bicycle Advisory Board, staff from the city’s department of transportation (SDOT) announced they will indeed extend a protected bike lane (PBL) another 20 blocks as part of an arterial repaving project on Roosevelt Way … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, Cars, Government, Parking, Transportation | Tagged 45th Street, 65th Street, bus bulbs, cost, department of transportation, extension, funding, neighborhood, PBL, protected bike lane, Ravenna, Roosevelt, Roosevelt Way NE, SDOT, Seattle, sidewalk, transit, transit islands, U-District, University Bridge, university district, University Greenways | 6 Comments

Paving the Way for Bike Safety on Roosevelt Way

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Scott Bonjukian

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) expects to repave arterial streets every ten to twelve years, and each cycle presents an opportunity to comply with the city’s complete streets ordinance and improve mobility for all users. One such project is … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, Cars, Government, Parking, Policy, Public Space, Roads, Transportation, Walking | Tagged advocacy, asphalt, bicycle master plan, bike, bike lane, buffer, citizen, concrete, department of transportation, greenway, loading zone, neighborhood, parking, peak hour, policy, protected bike lane, repaving, Roosevelt, Roosevelt Way, SDOT, transit, U-District, University Bridge, University Greenways | 4 Comments