Sound Transit has posted information on its proposed service level plan for 2023, and is asking for feedback. According to the agency, a worker shortage has forced it to reduce service on several lines. “Sound Transit is required to formalize these levels in our 2023 Service Plan, until operator availability …
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Seattle scooter share permit applications
SDOT has issued scooter share permits to three companies: Bird, Lime, and Link. Below are the applications that the three vendors filed to obtain their permits. Link- Superpedestrian application Lime application Bird application, in several parts: Cover letter Parking Operations and equity Equipment and Safety Data Privacy policy SDOT’s scoresheet …
Continue readingSound Transit 2021 Annual Report and Transit Development Plan 2022-2027
Sound Transit has published its draft 2021 Annual Report, and its Transit Development Plan for 2022 through 2027. The report details the substantial drop-off in ridership in both 2020 and 2021. While Link light-rail ridership is starting to pick up again, other ST services continued to drop off last year …
Continue readingCity proposed updates to “Safe Start” outdoor permit program for businesses
This week the City Council will hear an update from SDOT on what it intends to propose for a revised version of its “Safe Start” permit program allowing business to put dining, vending, merchandise, and other activities outside their storefront. This presentation summarizes the proposed changes. I hope you found …
Continue readingCurbside EV chargers
Seattle City Light (SCL) has announced that it is launching a service that will install public electric vehicle chargers at curbside locations throughout the city. Acceptable locations include: Single-family homes, including properties with detached single houses, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, and accessory dwelling units. These requests must be for properties …
Continue readingSDOT Update on Vision Zero
Tomorrow (Tuesday), the City Council will hear an update from SDOT on the city’s Vision Zero initiative to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero by 2030. Below are the slides, including new figures on fatalities and injuries to-date in 2022. One glaring omission: there is no mention of …
Continue readingAppeals court ruling on Highway 99 tunnel liability
Last week a state appeals court handed down a ruling in its review of a jury verdict that sided with the Washington State Department of Transportation in a dispute related to the breakdown of the tunnel boring machine that was digging the Highway 99 tunnel under Seattle. WSDOT had claimed …
Continue reading2021 Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities
In April the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released early statistics on motor vehicle traffic fatalities in 2021. Nationally, 42,915 people died last year, up 10.5% from the previous year. Here in Washington, there were an estimated 652 fatalities, up 16.4% from 2020. I hope you found this article valuable. …
Continue readingAppeals court ruling on railroad tracks in the Burke-Gilman Trail “missing link”
This morning the state Court of Appeals ruled that the City of Seattle does not have the right to require the Ballard Terminal Railroad Company (BTRC) to relocate railroad tracks that cross where the city intends to build out the “missing link” of the Burke-Gilman Trail. The court ruled that …
Continue readingSDOT’s Move Seattle Levy Q1 Report
SDOT has published its first-quarter 2022 report on how it has spent revenues from the Move Seattle Levy. Highlights of accomplishments in the report: Safety corridor improvements along Lake City Way, Sand Point Way NE, and 15th Avenue S. Work on the Delridge RapidRide H Line. 7,200 sidewalk spot repairs. …
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