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Marybeth Turner

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    UPDATE: The $2 Million Sidewalk Project on Pine St. Extends Beyond the Block With the Vacant Lot

    The Seattle Department of Transportation wrote in today to clarify the information in my post about the $2 million sidewalk on the 500 block of Pine St. (the block that, on the north side, is currently home to a pile of gravel). The $2 million budget figure quoted in my post, which covers both desig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Downtown Bicyclists, a Stripe for Your Climb

    SW scribes Vernal Coleman and Laura Onstot marvel at the new right-of-way.Downtown got its first East/West bike lane last week--the brightly-striped Spring street corridor pictured at left. It runs from 1st to 4th as a bike lane and after that converts to sharrows. Spring street's two car lanes were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    A New Stoplight, Courtesy of Sound Transit

    If you've been wondering what's up with the new stoplight at 7th and Spring (and surely you have), it's being installed to deal with the re-routed traffic from the closure of the Olive Way exit on I-5. The exit will be closed from sometime this month until next May to allow Sound Transit to dig tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Snow Flurry 2009: The Aftermath

    Some area motorists this morning were presented with the daunting task of clearing snow from their windshields. The Puget Sound region was hit this morning by a weak weather system that was dry and cold enough to produce snow, up to one or two inches in some places. Like most Seattle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Seattle Dept. of Transportation: Plowing While It's Still Snowing

    Buses stuck on Columbia between 2nd and 3rd.Don't envy the folks at the Seattle Department of Transportation who are responsible for clearing the roads with just 24 sand/plow trucks--a justifiably modest number. (Seattle gets snowstorms about as often as McLovin' gets laid.) "We usually look and see ... More >>

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