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Pedestrian hit by driver on Broadway suffers serious injuries — UPDATE

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A pedestrian struck by a driver Thursday night on Broadway was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

Seattle Fire says it responded to the collision at Broadway and Harrison just before 6 PM. According to SFD and emergency radio updates, the man was struck by a driver in a black Honda Fit in a “high impact” collision that left the victim down and unresponsive in the northbound lane.

The patient was treated at the scene and transported to Harborview in serious condition, SFD reports.

Police at the scene reported taking one person into custody but we don’t have additional information on the arrest at this time.

Broadway was closed to traffic during the response.

UPDATE: Records indicate SPD was investigating the incident as a DUI crash.

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Good vibrations? WSDOT says construction underway for seven-year 520 Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid project

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Design concept for a new bridge over Portage Bay

Just as the Montlake Lid project is laying down its final layers of landscaping bark, the Washington Department of Transportation says construction began this week for SR-520’s Roanoke Lid and Portage Bay Bridge project:

Beginning the week of Nov. 4, crews will start piledriving in Portage Bay to build the temporary work trestle and future westbound Portage Bay bridge. A work trestle is essentially a temporary platform that crews need to build so they can construct the permanent bridge. This will be the first of six piledriving โ€œseasonsโ€ allowed on this project. Each season lasts from September through April. This first season โ€“ from November 2024 through April 2025 โ€“ will be the most significant season of impact piledriving work. The following seasons will have less piledriving โ€“ and some seasons may not drive piles at all.

The bridge work is a long process. The state says crews will use two methods to install or โ€œdriveโ€ the piles. The first method uses a vibratory hammer to โ€œvibrateโ€ the piles into the bottom of the bay. The second method uses an impact hammer to strike the piles like a hammer into the base of the bay: Continue reading →

City says annual repainting of Capitol Hill Black Lives Matter street mural to take place this month — if weather cooperates

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(Image: CHS)

The City of Seattle and the group of artists that shepherd the creation are hoping for a run of dry October weather for the annual repainting of the Capitol Hill Black Lives Matter street mural.

The Seattle Department of Transportation says the collaboration with the Vivid Matter Collective to care for the mural remains intact along with help from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture to gather every year to clean up and repaint portions of the street-tall E Pine mural.

SDOT crews were spotted at work on the the clean-up around the mural in September but a planned repainting event never took place due to rain, the collective said.

The city says the repainting “to restore the muralโ€™s colors and vibrancy” requires good weather and is hoped to take place the weekend of October 19th or October 26th depending on the forecast. Current forecasts call for stretches of drizzle that could further delay the effort.

Vivid Matter Collective has yet to announce a new date for its 2024 effort

The Vivid Matter Collective shepherds the long-term responsibility of maintaining the Black Lives Matter mural created by artists and activists in 2020 in the first days of the protests in Seattle. Continue reading →

City’s latest rate adjustments show nightlife crowds apparently willing to pay anything to park in Pike/Pine

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If you were to treat the Seattle Department of Transportation’s seasonal adjustments of its on-street parking rates like the stock market, you should be buying shares in the afternoon and evening sector on 12th Ave, go long all around the clock on 15th Ave E, hold a few shares of Broadway north of John, and be ready to jump off the momentum that keeps Pike/Pine nighttime rates soaring to match the highest total in the city.

Meanwhile, you can short Broadway between Pine and Capitol Hill Station in the afternoons and evenings — for now.

The city is out with the new payment schedule for Capitol Hill’s five main on-street parking zones as makes its โ€œregular seasonal adjustmentsโ€ to rates across the city. The new rates take effect starting today. More than half of the rates are staying the same. but the city is ticking up rates by $0.50 an hour for about 1 in 4 of its street parking spots. About 14% are getting a $0.50 discount in the latest update, the city says.

Here is how that shakes out this fall on Capitol Hill: Continue reading →

Seattle planning 19 new school safety zone cameras to nail speeders in 2025

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The Seattle Department of Transportation says speeding trends and equity prioritization of new enforcement locations using the city’s Composite Racial and Social Equity Index back a plan to add 19 new school safety zone cameras across the city.

No Capitol Hill area public or private schools made the city’s list for implementing new camera zones. The area is categorized at the lowest priority in the city’s equity rankings.

The list comes as the Seattle City Council is shaping the city’s 2025 budget. Mayor Bruce Harrell included funding for expanding the city’s school zone camera program in his 2025 budget proposal.

SDOT says the funding would double the number of cameras in the city including existing speed cameras near Montlake Elementary and Garfield High School. CHS reported here in 2022 as the new camera system was put in place along 23rd near Garfield. Continue reading →

Repairs underway as city screwed up wheelchair access on platforms and every bus shelter on new RapidRide G line — UPDATE

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RapidRide G will continue to operate on Madison through the work but it turns out that more than signal timing and the line’s new “kiss the curb” coaches are in need of fine tuning.

The Seattle Times reported Monday morning that all 25 bus shelters and three station platforms along the newly launched $144 million line need to be repaired because of errors restricting wheelchair access.

Riders and CHS readers noted large orange steel panels placed at platforms at the route when the line began its first service last month. It turns out, the Seattle Department of Transportation placed the segments to raise buses the less than an inch required for the RapidRide wheelchair ramps to properly operate.

King County Metro says it is looking into solutions that could include making adjustments to the buses or lowering the cement platforms at eastbound stop 104 at Terry, eastbound stop 105 at Summit, and westbound 124 at the three-way intersection of Madison, Union, and 12th Ave. Continue reading →

Pedestrian hit by driver at E Olive Way intersection where SDOT has been promising ‘Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons’ crosswalk for months

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“Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons” pedestrian crossing system

A pedestrian crossing E Olive Way at Harvard Ave was injured and taken to the hospital after being hit by a driver Friday night.

The crossing is notoriously dangerous and the Seattle Department of Transportation has said it is planning a crosswalk and safety improvements at the intersection.

Friday, Seattle Police and Seattle Fire were called to the area just before 11:30 PM to reports that a pedestrian was down at the crossing.

Seattle Fire tells CHS the patient was reported as a 33-year-old man who was transported to the hospital in stable condition.

There were conflicting reports about whether the driver and the vehicle involved in the crash remained at the scene but police had a description and license plate number of the black Alfa Romeo seen striking the man. Continue reading →

City says still working on repairs after Capitol Hillโ€™s rainbow crosswalks and bus stop vandalism

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A rainbow crosswalk in brighter times

The 15th Ave E rainbow bus pad was still a mess as of Wednesday

The Seattle Department of Transportation says it is waiting for the right materials — and, then, the right weather — to make needed repairs after vandalism targeted Capitol Hill’s Pride rainbow crosswalks earlier this month.

“We are currently waiting for the arrival of necessary materials for the crosswalk. Once they arrive, we will assess the weather conditions to determine the best time to proceed,” a SDOT spokesperson tells CHS.

SDOT says the plan is to remove the existing crosswalks at Pine and Broadway on a Friday and Saturday night on a weekend when the work can be completed depending on the weather. Continue reading →

Pride and repairs after vandalism targets Capitol Hill’s rainbow crosswalks and bus stop

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Thanks to a CHS reader for the pictures of the damage on 15th Ave E

Somebody is losing a cowardly fight picked over Capitol Hill’s rainbow bus stop and crosswalks.

The Seattle Department of Transportation and King County Metro said they were dispatching crews to assess damage and make as fast as possible repairs after vandalism targeting community crosswalks and a colorful bus stop in the area.

Officials said the damage was first reported Thursday.

“We strongly condemn acts of vandalism to Capitol Hill’s rainbow crosswalk and bus stop,” a spokesperson for SDOT told CHS. “These actions are unacceptable and undermine the values of inclusivity and respect that our community upholds.” Continue reading →

City says re-installation of colorful crosswalks will ‘officially complete’ 12-year, $4.3M Melrose Promenade overhaul

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The original “Poem Dazzle” crosswalks were installed six years ago

After more than a decade of public process and recent years of installation and construction, the Melrose Promenade project seems unlikely to live up to its original promise of transforming this western slope of Capitol Hill. A final piece in the puzzle of new sidewalks, curb ramps, and bike lanes will come next week as city crews will be busy re-installing colorful “community crosswalks” that have aged and were damaged during the most recent construction.

The work will mean Melrose will be temporarily closed to automobile traffic — something the city’s urbanists weren’t able to achieve in the long-term promenade plan.

The Seattle Department of Transportation says the re-installation work will take place next week: Continue reading →