Archive for 'Transportation'
Mayor announces more locations for School Zone Speed Cameras
Today Mayor Mike McGinn announced five new locations for future school zone speed cameras at locations across Seattle. The existing school zone cameras have led to a combined 16 percent reduction in citations for speeding across the four schools. Seattle Police Captain Mike Nolan “The public has been clear that we need[More]
Posted: June 11th, 2013 under Budget, Community Engagement, Education, Health, Public Safety, Sustainability, Transportation.
City begins repaving NE 125th Street and Sand Point Way NE
Today the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) began the Northeast 125th Street and Sand Point Way Northeast paving project, its second major road improvement project for 2013. Through repaving/rebuilding work on Northeast 125th Street, Roosevelt Way Northeast and Sandpoint Way Northeast, SDOT will make significant improvements to nearly five miles of road[More]
Posted: June 10th, 2013 under Budget, Community Engagement, Jobs, Transportation.
Center City streetcar plans move forward
Mayor Mike McGinn announced today that a streetcar has been selected as the preferred mode for a Center City Connector, and that two potential alignments have been selected for further study: 1st Avenue and a 4th/5th Avenue couplet. The Center City Connector will provide a new high capacity transit service to connect[More]
Posted: June 3rd, 2013 under Budget, Community Engagement, Nightlife Initiative, Sustainability, Transportation.
Seattle to increase DUI patrols over Memorial Day weekend
Mayor Mike McGinn announced today that the Seattle Police Department will field increased DUI enforcement patrols this Memorial Day weekend, in conjunction with Target Zero DUI emphasis patrols by other law enforcement agencies. The City will also conduct education about the risks of impaired driving as part of the Be Super Safe[More]
Posted: May 24th, 2013 under CCI, Community Engagement, Health, Public Safety, Transportation.
An update on Seattle’s bridges
In light of yesterday’s collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River I wanted to provide an update on bridge safety in Seattle. Seattle has 122 bridges that are managed by SDOT bridge engineers. All bridges are inspected at least once every two years and many are inspected every year.[More]
Posted: May 24th, 2013 under Mayor McGinn, Public Safety, Transportation.
Mayor and City Librarian launch “Books on Bikes” program
Mayor Mike McGinn and librarians from The Seattle Public Library are launching a pilot program, Books on Bikes, to bring Library services to popular community events via bike this summer. Mayor McGinn joined ten librarians for the inaugural bicycle ride to TOPS K-8 School. The group arrived at TOPS where a fourth[More]
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 under Budget, Community Engagement, Education, Health, Sustainability, Transportation.
Seattle needs the legislature to help save transit
This morning nearly 43% of commuters to downtown Seattle used transit to get to work. Throughout the day and across our city, buses help carry people to their jobs, to their schools, to their local businesses, and to their homes. The buses operated by King County Metro, Community Transit, Sound Transit, and[More]
Posted: May 14th, 2013 under Mayor McGinn, Transportation.
Mayor Mike McGinn announces ‘million gallon challenge’
Mayor Mike McGinn announced today that he has directed City departments to build on earlier “green fleet” efforts to meet the challenge of cutting the City’s annual use of petroleum-based fuels by 1 million gallons by 2020. Accomplishing this goal will require improving operational efficiencies, making investments in alternative-fuel infrastructure, and ramping[More]
Posted: May 8th, 2013 under Budget, Sustainability, Transportation.
Public feedback shows support for Ballard to downtown transit options
We're working hard to connect our neighborhoods with more rail. This year we've partnered with Sound Transit to begin the planning process for high capacity transit to connect Ballard to downtown. Last month we invited the community to share their thoughts about how to bring better transit to their neighborhoods. People are[More]
Posted: May 2nd, 2013 under Community Engagement, Mayor McGinn, Transportation.
Protecting road safety on East Marginal Way
This morning a collision between a bicycle and a truck took place on East Marginal Way in SODO, resulting in the death of the person on the bicycle. My heart and thoughts are with the family and friends of the victim. These tragedies hit hard on everyone involved: the driver of the[More]
Posted: May 1st, 2013 under Mayor McGinn, Public Safety, Transportation.