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Whose Sign Is It, Anyway?
As a commuter moving up and down Olive Way every day, I always notice when something changes on the street. And on the morning of February 29th, what I saw was admittedly anticlimactic: a missing pedestrian sign and signal at … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Walking
Tagged Capitol Hill, Chang, crosswalk, department of transportation, DOT, driver, email, engineer, Kubly, Olive Way, overpass, pedestrian, rapid flashing beacon, rectangular, replacement, RFB, safety, SDOT, Seattle, sign, signal, state, tweet, visibility, Vision Zero, warning, Washington, WSDOT
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Let’s Make Olive Way a Better Street for Everyone
Capitol Hill is Seattle’s most dense and walkable neighborhood. Despite this there are a number of pedestrian trouble spots which should be fixed to improve the safety and quality of the street environment. A number of them are centered on … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Buses, Land Use, Megaprojects, Roads, Transportation, Walking
Tagged 10, 43, 47, 8, bicycle, bike, bus, Capitol Hill, channelization, convention center, cost, crosswalk, curb, design, downtown, extension, fix, freeway, funding, improvement, intersection, lane, lanes, light rail, Olive Way, package, public benefits, ramps, rechannlization, redesign, road diet, route, sidewalks, signal, station, suggestion, tabletop, transit, unprotected, upgrade, walking, WSCC
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Limited Madison BRT Will Still Deliver Great Benefits
On Monday night the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) held its fourth open house on the $120 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project planned for Madison Street. SDOT staff and consultants from Nelson Nygaard chatted with a packed house about … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Buses, Transportation, Walking
Tagged bike, BRT, bus rapid transit, buses, Central District, concept, configuration, corridor, design, details, downtown, features, First Hill, funding, lanes, layout, layover, Madison, Nelson Nygaard, pedestrians, plan, project, roadway, routes, SDOT, Seattle, signal, street, study, transit, transportation
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