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In 2006, the $365 million "Bridging the Gap" levy was approved by Seattle voters, using property taxes and parking fees to fund nine years of transportation improvements. [9] [10] The levy was replaced in 2015 by the voter-approved "Move Seattle" levy, funded by a new property tax, that will provide $930 million over a nine-year period. [11]
In 2016, a memorial crosswalk was painted at Boren Avenue and Howell Street in downtown Seattle to commemorate Native American woodcarver John T. Williams, who was killed by a police officer in 2010. [18] The crossing was a collaboration between SDOT, SDON, and the Seattle Indian Health Board.
The Chief Sealth Trail is a multi-use recreational trail in Seattle, Washington.. The 3.6-mile (6 km) trail, which opened on May 12, 2007, follows the Seattle City Light transmission right-of-way from S. Dawson Street and Beacon Avenue S. in Beacon Hill, near Jefferson Park, to S. Gazelle Street and 51st Avenue S. in Rainier Valley, near Kubota Gardens.
One of the few publicly accessible beaches in Ballard on Salmon Bay can be reached from the NW 57th St Shoreline street end. Looking toward Magnolia on the opposite shore.. In 1996, the city of Seattle, Washington adopted a resolution to preserve shoreline street ends (sometimes referred to as SSEs) throughout the city as public rights-of-way, to allow improvements for public uses and access. [1]
Madison Street (Seattle) Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle) Mercer Street (Seattle) N. Nihonmachi Alley; P. Pike Street; Pine Street; Post Alley; Q. Queen Anne ...
Tree planting in Fort Worth has occurred for more than 150 years and the utilization of certain species has changed with growing characteristics, preference, availability, competition for space ...
A combined state department of transportation was proposed in the mid-1960s and gained the support of Governor Dan Evans. [10] Charles Prahl, who resigned as head of the Department of Highways, criticized the Evans administration's proposal to create a transportation "superagency" and the prioritization of rapid transit in plans for the urban transportation system of Seattle. [11]
The Seattle Department of Transportation aims to develop a 608.3-mile (979.0 km) network of bike lanes, including lanes on streets, protected bike lanes, and trails, within the city by 2034. [32] The city opened its first protected intersection in May 2024 at Dexter Avenue and Thomas Street in South Lake Union , which was used by a daily ...