Councilmember Tom Rasmussen visited the Seattle Channel studio for the June episode of Council Edition.
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Watch it Live: SDOT to Release Arena Transportation Study
Today from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will release the Seattle Arena Transportation Study recently completed by Parametrix. In support of this public release, SDOT and Parametrix will conduct a media brief...
City of Seattle Promotes Efforts to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Uninsured Residents
Councilmember Tom Rasmussen and Mayor Mike McGinn highlight new National League of Cities discount card and Washington Prescription Drug Program.
City of Seattle promotes efforts to lower prescription drug costs for uninsured residents
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The City of Seattle today promoted a new program to help provide residents with some relief from the high cost of prescription medications...
A Reminder from Washington State Transportation Department (WSDOT)
Both directions of SR 99 between the north end of the Battery Street Tunnel and the West Seattle Bridge will close from 11 p.m. Friday, May 18, to 5 a.m. Monday, May 21.
Commute Seattle
Commute Seattle, a not-for-profit transportation service organization working to provide alternatives to drive-alone commuter trips in an effort to improve access to and mobility through downtown Seattle.
Commute Seattle’s ambitious goal is to shift to 35,000 daily drive-alone commute trips to transit, cycling, walking and ridesharing by 2015.
The goal is to make sure the launching pit is ready to receive the tunnel-boring machine early next year.
The launching pit alone is a massive project. Crews are currently digging hundreds of long, slender columns that reach about 100 feet below the surface. The columns, which are filled with concrete, will form the pit’s walls. Once those walls are in place, crews will dig out the center, clearing a space for the tunnel-boring machine to begin its journey
Watch The First Hill Streetcar Groundbreaking-4/23/2012
The First Hill Streetcar groundbreaking ceremony marks another transportation milestone. Watch it here!
Special Committee to discuss Seawall
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The Seattle City Council’s Special Committee on the Central Waterfront, Seawall and Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program will meet after Full Council on Monday, April 23.