Archive for 'Southeast Seattle'
This weekend (May 18 to 20), the southbound lane of 12th Avenue South will be closed at South Jackson Street in the Little Saigon neighborhood for First Hill Streetcar track construction. SDOT’s contractor will close the street from 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 18 until Monday morning. Southbound vehicles will be able
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Posted: May 16th, 2013 under East and Central Seattle, Greater Downtown, Southeast Seattle, Traffic Advisories, Trucks.
Summer Streets 2013 are back and even better. Four events are being held this year in Alki, Ballard, Rainier Valley and PhinneyWood. Something special happens during Summer Streets. A road—normally a space for vehicles—is transformed into a place. This unleashes creativity and energy within our neighborhoods. The street becomes a public plaza
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Posted: May 8th, 2013 under Ballard and Northwest Seattle, Bicycles, Pedestrians, Southeast Seattle.
The expected sunny weather and schedule of festivities should make for a great weekend ahead in Seattle. Saturday morning streets will be closed to traffic from the Seattle Center through Belltown, into downtown and back to the center grounds as 4,000 people take part in the annual March of Dimes for Babies.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2013 under Ballard and Northwest Seattle, Bicycles, East and Central Seattle, Event traffic, General, Greater Downtown, North and Northeast Seattle, Pedestrians, Southeast Seattle, Traffic Advisories, Trucks.
Paving crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation will grind and pave Carkeek Drive South at the south end of Beacon Hill between 39th Avenue South and 41st Avenue South on May 2 and 3. The street will be restricted to one lane shared by both directions of traffic with the assistance
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Posted: May 1st, 2013 under Bicycles, Greater Duwamish, Southeast Seattle, Traffic Advisories.
The annual Immigrants Rights March takes place tomorrow, May 1, on International Workers’ Day. Starting at 3 p.m., the Seattle Police Department will escort an expected 3,000 participants from St. Mary’s Church in the Central District to the Federal Building in downtown Seattle. The march route starts at the church located at
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Posted: April 30th, 2013 under General, Greater Downtown, Greater Duwamish, Southeast Seattle, Traffic Advisories, Trucks.
Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board seeks new members The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (SBAB) is accepting applications for new members to advise the City on the concerns and needs of the growing bicycling community. The volunteer board, which was created by Seattle City Council in 1977, plays an influential role in implementing Seattle’s
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Posted: April 22nd, 2013 under Ballard and Northwest Seattle, Bicycles, Commute, East and Central Seattle, Greater Downtown, Greater Duwamish, North and Northeast Seattle, Queen Anne/Magnolia, Southeast Seattle, Southwest Seattle.
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has completed clean-up of slide debris in the 9700 block of Rainier Avenue S between Cornell Street and 57th Avenue S. Rocks and mud debris slid onto Rainier Avenue S at approximately 8 p.m. last night, April 7, requiring a closure of the roadway. Following the
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Posted: April 8th, 2013 under Bicycles, Commute, General, Southeast Seattle, Traffic Advisories, Trucks.
On Friday, March 1 the City of Seattle launches the first edition of the Super Safe comic series in conjunction with the Emerald City Comicon (March 1 – 3, Washington State Convention Center, http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/). The comic is being released as part of the City’s Road Safety Action Plan and Be Super Safe
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Posted: March 1st, 2013 under Ballard and Northwest Seattle, Commute, East and Central Seattle, General, Greater Downtown, Greater Duwamish, North and Northeast Seattle, Queen Anne/Magnolia, SODO, Southeast Seattle, Southwest Seattle, Trucks.
This weekend the Seattle Department of Transportation will be reducing lanes and making partial intersection closures at 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street to facilitate construction for the First Hill Streetcar. On Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17 from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. the west leg of this intersection
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Posted: February 15th, 2013 under East and Central Seattle, Greater Downtown, Southeast Seattle, Traffic Advisories, Trucks.
Notice from WSDOT: Date: Thursday, January 17, 2013 Contact: Jamie Holter, WSDOT communications, 206-440-4698 (Shoreline) SEATTLE – Drivers near the Interstate 5/West Seattle Bridge interchange face another weekend of ramp closures (pdf 539kb). Construction crews will close the ramp from westbound South Columbian Way to southbound I-5, the West Seattle Bridge and
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Posted: January 18th, 2013 under Greater Duwamish, Southeast Seattle, Southwest Seattle, Traffic Advisories, Trucks.
