Tag: sdot

March 24, 2023

Work to connect the Duwamish Trail to the Spokane Street Bridge will start in early April

The Duwamish Trail will finally connect to the Spokane Street Bridge in May, SDOT told area stakeholders. Work will begin in early April and, weather permitting, should be be completed in just a couple weeks. The permanent trail connection will replace the temporary barrel-lined trail constructed during the emergency Spokane Street Bridge closure in January.…
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tagged: bruce harrell, duwamish trail, sdot, west marginal way
March 9, 2023

Trails near Judkins Park Station will get lights

Trail connections to the under-construction Judkins Park light rail station will get lighting as the city and Sound Transit work to improve station access conditions before it opens in … uh … well, at some point. Judkins Park Station is the only new Seattle station on the East Link line, and it could be one…
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tagged: I-90 trail, judkins park, judkins park station, sdot, sound transit
February 27, 2023

Draft of SDOT’s Vision Zero review suggests internal reorganizing and more funding, but it feels small compared to our traffic violence emergency

On his first day on the job, SDOT Director Greg Spotts pledged a “top-to-bottom review” of the department’s Vision Zero program to figure out why traffic injuries and deaths are increasing, especially for people walking and rolling. He assigned employees from outside the Vision Zero team to perform the review, and they released a draft…
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tagged: bruce harrell, greg spotts, sdot, vision zero
February 6, 2023

Thanks to years of delays, Seattle has 2 years to build 47 miles of voter-approved bike routes

Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved a taxing levy in 2015 with the stated goal of building 110 miles of new or upgraded protected bike lanes and neighborhood greenways across the city by the end of 2024. As of the start of 2023, the city has only constructed 57% of that goal, according to a presentation SDOT…
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tagged: bruce harrell, ed murray, greg spotts, jenny durkan, move seattle levy, move seattle levy oversight committee, sdot
February 3, 2023

SDOT will make some safety improvements to 15th Ave S as they work on bike lane design

After community feedback, SDOT will move to slow traffic speeds on 15th Ave S on Beacon Hill in the spring while the project moves through the design process. The department will install a series of speed cushions as well as curb bulbs and visibility improvements, they noted in a blog post. The team also released…
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tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, sdot
February 1, 2023

It’s official, the Duwamish Trail connection on W Marginal Way is here to stay

As we reported earlier this month when the Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle reopened, SDOT removed the temporary bike lanes they constructed on 1st Ave S in response to the closure but kept the Duwamish Trail connection on W Marginal Way. Now the department has reaffirmed that trail connection is here to stay. After…
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tagged: duwamish longhouse, duwamish trail, sdot, w marginal way