SDOT 🤝 WSDOT
Keeping Aurora
6 lanes wide
Keeping Aurora
6 lanes wide
September 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
SDOT 🤝 WSDOT
Keeping Aurora
6 lanes wide
Keeping Aurora
6 lanes wide
America, carried on the backs of Black folks. Holding on to each other. Trying to keep the country together. All while being viewed as entertainment.
February 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
With some advocacy, SDOT agreed to fix it! Some consultants drew up a beautiful set of plans and SDOT started moving forward.
September 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
With some advocacy, SDOT agreed to fix it! Some consultants drew up a beautiful set of plans and SDOT started moving forward.
The SDOT Crash Analysis Map is basically just a map of where cars are allowed to go in Seattle. home.urbanlogiq.us/public/sdot-...
July 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The SDOT Crash Analysis Map is basically just a map of where cars are allowed to go in Seattle. home.urbanlogiq.us/public/sdot-...
9.5 years ago I wrote a story about how SDOT wasn't doing this, and today I got to write a story about how SDOT finally is doing this.
NEW // SDOT To Unsnarl Westlake Avenue Transit Pinch Point www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/16/s...
SDOT To Unsnarl Westlake Avenue Transit Pinch Point » The Urbanist
# With right turns set to be prohibited from Westlake Avenue onto Denny Way, streetcar vehicles and buses will no longer be stuck behind turning car traffic. The change will also benefit the high numb...
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August 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
9.5 years ago I wrote a story about how SDOT wasn't doing this, and today I got to write a story about how SDOT finally is doing this.
I’m here with my Aurora Reimagined Coalition colleagues, part of our ongoing effort to troll SDOT to fix Aurora.
September 26, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I’m here with my Aurora Reimagined Coalition colleagues, part of our ongoing effort to troll SDOT to fix Aurora.
This meeting had all the good SDOT people working to make Seattle a better place.
September 27, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This meeting had all the good SDOT people working to make Seattle a better place.
Kick-ass work, SDOT!
Good news: the new Alaskan Way protected bike lanes opened for travelers today.
Project info: www.seattle.gov/transportati...
Project info: www.seattle.gov/transportati...
July 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Kick-ass work, SDOT!
SDOT said 'f*ck them pedestrians'
SDOT caved to the angry neighbors.
September 17, 2026 at 2:34 AM
SDOT said 'f*ck them pedestrians'
Capitol Hill #shoepic with my buddy and much-loved SDOT Director @spottnik.bsky.social.
September 22, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Capitol Hill #shoepic with my buddy and much-loved SDOT Director @spottnik.bsky.social.
sdot could never
Three teenagers riding side by side, chatting and sharing gum because protected cycle tracks make this kind of freedom safe, normal and enables social life.
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
sdot could never
SDOT caved to the angry neighbors.
September 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
SDOT caved to the angry neighbors.
IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING
The slip lane from Denny Way to Yale Avenue closes permanently NEXT WEEKEND
www.theurbanist.org/sdot-prepare...
The slip lane from Denny Way to Yale Avenue closes permanently NEXT WEEKEND
www.theurbanist.org/sdot-prepare...
SDOT Prepares to Roll Out the Route 8 Red Carpet on Denny Way
Long-awaited upgrades to one of the city's busiest bus corridors are just a few days away, with SDOT set to permanently close the often-clogged slip lane onto Yale Avenue on August 1. A full eastbound...
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July 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING
The slip lane from Denny Way to Yale Avenue closes permanently NEXT WEEKEND
www.theurbanist.org/sdot-prepare...
The slip lane from Denny Way to Yale Avenue closes permanently NEXT WEEKEND
www.theurbanist.org/sdot-prepare...
beta blockers on a sunday 😳 so i can go tell sdot to pedestrianize my block
September 27, 2026 at 8:21 PM
beta blockers on a sunday 😳 so i can go tell sdot to pedestrianize my block
Here is Dan Strauss talking about how this taco stand has been the most positive activation of this street corner he has seen in years. SDOT Director Emery confirms SDOT will take an approach of education first with a path to permitting. Tonight SPD shut this stand down citing enforcement by SDOT.
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Here is Dan Strauss talking about how this taco stand has been the most positive activation of this street corner he has seen in years. SDOT Director Emery confirms SDOT will take an approach of education first with a path to permitting. Tonight SPD shut this stand down citing enforcement by SDOT.
Fortunately, thanks to SDOT and the Market Historical Commission, Pike Place will revert back to a motorist’s paradise on weekdays.
September 23, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Fortunately, thanks to SDOT and the Market Historical Commission, Pike Place will revert back to a motorist’s paradise on weekdays.
Remember when we moved parking enforcement from the police to SDOT and then Harrell moved it back to the police? Can we move it back to SDOT now? Curb space management and curb space enforcement work better when they are together.
September 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Remember when we moved parking enforcement from the police to SDOT and then Harrell moved it back to the police? Can we move it back to SDOT now? Curb space management and curb space enforcement work better when they are together.
The next speaker is trying to trip Matt up with SDOT street width standards. 14th Ave W was built before SDOT design standards existed.
May 7, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The next speaker is trying to trip Matt up with SDOT street width standards. 14th Ave W was built before SDOT design standards existed.
Bob Kettle at the transportation committee: rambling chain of comments that are mostly unrelated, with no expectation of learning any new information from SDOT
Dionne Foster at (her first!) transportation committee: set of specifically prepared questions about SDOT policies and sources for data
Dionne Foster at (her first!) transportation committee: set of specifically prepared questions about SDOT policies and sources for data
January 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Bob Kettle at the transportation committee: rambling chain of comments that are mostly unrelated, with no expectation of learning any new information from SDOT
Dionne Foster at (her first!) transportation committee: set of specifically prepared questions about SDOT policies and sources for data
Dionne Foster at (her first!) transportation committee: set of specifically prepared questions about SDOT policies and sources for data
SHOVEL TIME: SDOT is expected to start filling the Marqueen Gap as early as Monday. Queen Anne Greenways has been working with SDOT on this project for the past year and it will be a big improvement.
March 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
SHOVEL TIME: SDOT is expected to start filling the Marqueen Gap as early as Monday. Queen Anne Greenways has been working with SDOT on this project for the past year and it will be a big improvement.
Why isn’t SDOT building continuous sidewalks?
April 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Why isn’t SDOT building continuous sidewalks?
A progressive mayor needs a progressive SDOT Director who will implement her vision for Seattle.
September 22, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A progressive mayor needs a progressive SDOT Director who will implement her vision for Seattle.
The policy change is bad, but the actual justifications provided by SDOT here are more worrying to me.
NEW STORY // What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/01/w...
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What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One » The Urbanist
# The City of Seattle will be removing an East Union Street bus only lane set aside for the Route 2 this weekend, ceding to requests from nearby property owners who have complained about traffic chang...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The policy change is bad, but the actual justifications provided by SDOT here are more worrying to me.
SDOT will say they can’t do 10ft car lanes on 25mph arterials and yet the Aurora Bridge exists.
September 20, 2026 at 7:48 PM
SDOT will say they can’t do 10ft car lanes on 25mph arterials and yet the Aurora Bridge exists.