Seattle Department of Transportation

YouTube video by Seattle Channel City of Seattle leaders celebrate critical bike gap along Elliott Bay

🌊🚴‍♀️ Ride along the bay! Earlier today, @seattledot.bsky.social, @mayorofseattle.bsky.social, @portofseattle.bsky.social, @cascadebicycleclub.bsky.social & community celebrated the completion of the Alaskan Way Safety Project, a bike lane that closes a 0.6 mile gap along the Waterfront.

Colorful illustrated Paint Map featuring various events, closures and notices around the Seattle area, including a Death Cab for Cutie concert, Sounders and Reign and Storm and Mariners games, Seafair festival, lane closures on I-5, and more.

It's SEAFAIR WEEKEND, which means we pump the brakes on most major roadwork in the Seattle area, but you should still expect heavy weekend traffic. But hey, it's *good vibes only* over here. ⚾️

Remember, Revive I-5 is still in place, so plan accordingly.

Happy Seafair! 🏴‍☠️

Graphic featuring a stylized sun with the words, hot bike summer passport and the SDOT logo at the top. In the center of the photo is the Seattle skyline with a stylized version of a person riding a bicycle with Flowers next to grass. On the bottom there are five empty white circles for stamps.

Hot Bike Summer is HERE!

Celebrate new protected bike lanes & growing connections across the city with the Hot Bike Summer Passport—your guide to fun rides & community joy.

🎉 Collect decals
🎁 Win prizes
🌆 Ride new routes

Details: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/07/30/h...

#HotBikeSummerSEA #BikeSEA

Diagram of the two pedestrian islands at this intersection.

Yes! We will likely return this weekend.

Two people cross the street at 10th Ave and E Pike St in a crosswalk. There is construction signage, caution tape, and traffic cones surrounding two new concrete median islands along the center of the street.

A person crosses the street at 10th Ave and E Pike St in a crosswalk. There is construction signage, caution tape, and traffic cones surrounding two new concrete median islands along the center of the street.

A map of Safe Streets for All projects across Seattle. The text says: We are building neighborhood-scale safety upgrades at over 80 locations by 2030. These Safe Streets for All projects will provide safer options for you to walk, bike, roll, or get to transit. They will improve safety for people with disabilities or other mobility needs. They also give you more space when you’re walking or riding a bike and help you cross the street more safely. Building these projects supports our Vision Zero goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. 

We installed pedestrian islands at 10th Ave & E Pike St on Capitol Hill. These boost visibility, offer a safe pause for people walking & rolling, and make crossings safer for everyone.

Over 80 planned safety upgrades across Seattle are part of Safe Streets for All: seattle.gov/transportati...

Can you let me know exactly where this was on Airport Way S?

A King County Metro Route 7 bus at 3rd Ave and Main St in downtown Seattle. The bus stop area was recently widened and the street repaved, as well as other improvements.

People walk and roll along 3rd Ave in downtown Seattle near bus stops.

A bus at 3rd Ave and S Main St in downtown Seattle near Pioneer Square, showcasing a wider sidewalk.

People walk at 3rd Ave and Yesler Way, a site of recent improvements to make walking, rolling, biking, and traveling in the area simpler and safer.

Wider sidewalks, new trees, smoother pavement, new signals, new lighting and more.

Here are three SDOT projects helping people access transit and travel safely in the heart of downtown Seattle along 3rd Ave: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/07/28/b...

Mayor Harrell Announces Expansion of Seattle’s Popular Trees for Neighborhoods Program - Office of the Mayor Application period for the Trees for Neighborhoods program is now open through July 31 Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) announced a new expansion of the Trees fo...

Our Trees for Neighborhoods program has expanded, giving even more Seattle residents the chance to receive free trees to plant in their yard, growing our urban forest. Applications are open through July 31st — apply today to help build a greener Seattle!
harrell.seattle.gov/2025/07/01/m...

The project outreach lead informed me that there will be repairs to fix the detection camera this week, so it may not be working as intended at the moment. We'll update the project website in due order: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

I heard from the outreach lead that it's tentatively scheduled for late August.

With Alaskan Way bikeway opening, Seattle has a complete bike route along its downtown waterfront for the first time in city history Photo from the brand new SDOT Bluesky account. SDOT finished up work on the new Alaskan Way bikeway between Myrtle Edwards Park and the Overlook Walk, just in time for Friday’s much-awaited o…

With Alaskan Way bikeway opening, Seattle has a complete bike route along its downtown waterfront for the first time in city history

#SEAbikes #Seattle

www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/07/25/w...

File photo from 2024 of the Leary Way Bridge, looking northeast from the west side of the bridge from Leary Way - this image is prior to construction to strengthen the bridge in case of an earthquake.

A map overlaid on the file of Leary Way Bridge, showing a map of the nearby area. The map says that the Ballard and Leary Bridges remain open to all, that the intersection of 15th Ave NW and Leary Way NW will close to traffic, and that D Line bus stops will be relocated nearby.

The 15th Ave NW and Leary Way NW intersection (underneath the Leary Way Bridge) will CLOSE to car traffic this weekend (July 25-28) for concrete work, starting at 10 PM Friday until 5 AM Monday.

The Ballard Bridge & Leary Way Bridge will remain OPEN to all travelers

www.seattle.gov/transportati...

More info about the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program is available here: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

Three speed humps, pictured from the street.

A map of the area where the speed humps were installed.

To reduce speeds in Rainier Beach near Hutchison Playground, Emerson Elementary School & Kubota Garden, SDOT crews recently installed 11 new speed humps along 54th & 57th Ave S and S Norfolk St – part of the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program funded by the Seattle Transportation Levy.

Thanks, I've forwarded this to the Customer Care team at 684-ROAD@seattle.gov.

Landscaping underway next to the new multi-use path on S Albro Pl.

Crews installing signage on E Marginal Way S.

Progress continues on the Georgetown to South Park Safety Project to create a comfortable walking & biking connection.

This includes new sidewalks, bike & walking paths, street lighting, signs, signals, landscaping, tree planting, paving & more.

Info & updates: seattle.gov/transportati...

Fremont Bridge Bike counter, close up. The numbers look "spotty" because the refresh rate of the camera used to take the photo doesn't sync with the LED bulbs.

Several people bike across the Fremont Bridge next to the counter.

You may have noticed: the Fremont Bridge bike counter is back.

You'll want to contact King County Metro about bus service: kingcounty.gov/en/dept/metr...

Two people ride bikes on the new protected bike lanes along Alaskan Way.

A person carrying a child and another person ride in the protected bike lanes along Alaskan Way, near Pier 66.

A person rides a bike in the protected bike lanes near the Port of Seattle.

A person rides a bike in the protected bike lane along Alaskan Way.

Good news: the new Alaskan Way protected bike lanes opened for travelers today.

Project info: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

Crews pouring sidewalk on Beacon Ave S near S Spokane St.

Crews removing sidewalk on Beacon Ave S near S Lander St.

We’re nearly finished with the north segment of the Beacon Hill & 15th Ave S Safety Project, which installed bike lanes, signals, new pavement, and much more.

Join us Monday 7/28 at 1 PM for a walk with our arborist to learn how we managed and added trees.

Details: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

A good resource for illegally parked vehicles is SPD's Parking Enforcement line, (206) 386-9012.

Info: www.seattle.gov/police/about...

Yikes.

Another good resource is SPD's Parking Enforcement line, (206) 386-9012.

Info: www.seattle.gov/police/about...

Appreciate the question and I'll refer to you to @seattleparksandrec.bsky.social, since their team has been leading the project: www.seattle.gov/parks/about-...

Calls only, for now. It's not "better" than FIFI - the tickets are sent to the same system - but it can often be faster & easier to simply call us than filing a Find It, Fix It request.

You can also follow us on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Flickr, YouTube, and - for the most in-depth coverage - on the SDOT Blog: sdotblog.seattle.gov

See something on Seattle's streets that needs our attention? The fastest way to reach out is to contact our Customer Care team directly at (206) 684-ROAD and 684-ROAD@seattle.gov.

A pedestrian signal.

A bus (transit priority) signal.

A bike signal.

A (very old) traffic signal.

All signals are GO.

Hello!

We're the Seattle Department of Transportation, and we're new here on Bluesky...but hardly new to Seattle.