This morning, Mayor Jenny Durkan and SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe announced five steps that the city will be taking in 2020 and 2021 to move closer to the “Vision Zero” goal of no traffic fatalities, which has stalled out in recent years.
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Emerging mobility technologies are going to change our city streets.
The Council got a briefing this afternoon on a set of emerging mobility technologies. Get ready to change the way you think about streets, sidewalks, and even bike lanes. Also, expect the city to roll out an e-scooter pilot in the near future.
Continue readingSDOT’s Vision Zero update: no recent progress, but hope for the future.
This afternoon, SDOT gave the City Council an update on the city’s “Vision Zero” initiative to achieve zero annual traffic fatalities. The bad news is that there has been little progress in the last several years. The good news is that SDOT has some new ideas for how to change that.
Continue readingSam Zimbabwe confirmed as SDOT Director
This afternoon, the City Council unanimously voted to confirm Sam Zimbabwe as Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Continue readingNew SDOT Director confirmation moves forward
This morning, the City Council’s Sustainability and Transportation Committee voted to advance out of committee the confirmation of Sam Zimbabwe as Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Continue readingBill to expand camera enforcement introduced in Olympia
Earlier today, state legislators introduced a bill that would allow the City of Seattle to expand the use of cameras to enforce traffic laws, a priority for the city as it works to keep traffic on its downtown streets flowing.
Continue readingDurkan nominates Sam Zimbabwe for SDOT Director
This afternoon, Mayor Jenny Durkan nominated Sam Zimbabwe to be the new Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Continue readingDurkan nominates three new department heads and one interim one (UPDATED)
Today Mayor Jenny Durkan announced that she has submitted nominations to the City Council to make permanent three of her interim department head appointments: Sue McNab at the Department of Human Resources, Calvin Goings at the Department of Finance and Administrative Services, and Andrés Mantilla at the Department of Neighborhoods. Durkan also announced that Linea Laird would take over for Goran Sparrman as interim Director of the Department of Transportation while the search process for a permanent SDOT director finishes up.
Continue readingComing soon to a parking space near you: “pay by plate”
The city is hoping that it can make paying for street parking faster, easier, and more convenient.
Continue readingHow much will the Center City Connector streetcar cost?
If you think the Center City Connector streetcar project got put on hold because it’s overbudget, then you misunderstood what just happened. It’s on hold because the city doesn’t know how much it will cost, either to build it or to run it. It also doesn’t seem to be sure how much funding there is for it. The problem here isn’t that the streetcar is a bad idea (though some people certainly believe that). The problem is that SDOT is a mess and incapable of managing the project.
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