Category: Councilmember Rasmussen

Are you curious about how the Waterfront elevated highway replacement tunnel is progressing? WDOT has five construction cameras that show work in real time.
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Last week I visited San Francisco.  While there I rode old street cars, electric trolley buses  diesel buses  the “Muni” rail lines and the ferry to Sausalito.  In this blog I write of my impressions of the San Francisco system compared to our Metro system. Also, I learned about a mega- bridge project that I wanted to [...]

Can’t make it to the ceremony? Watch it Live, Sunday, December 9, 2012 beginning at 10:00am The Seattle Channel will be live streaming from two locations in the interior of City Hall to the web throughout the day. 2nd floor camera http://www.seattle.gov/wedding Booth camera on Grand Lobby floor http://www.seattle.gov/wedding  

Hello Bicyclists, As many of you know SDOT is overhauling the City’s Bicycle Master Plan this winter. This is your chance to plan for a comprehensive network of over 200 miles of world-class bikeways. The deadline is December 17, 2012. Last month, SDOT unrolled their draft network map for bicycling in Seattle. There are miles [...]

Nancy Scurlock presented Councilmember Tom Rasmussen with a thank you letter from the Queen Anne Merrill Gardens Retirement Community. Resident Jim Thompson contacted Councilmember Rasmussen for help with a hazardous crosswalk that is used by nearly 200 seniors a day.  In response the Seattle Department of Transportation repaved the crosswalk making for a much safer [...]

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has successfully installed three test surfaces in the decking of Pier 62/63 as part of the Elliott Bay Seawall Project’s “Light Penetrating Surfaces Study.” These surfaces (steel grating, glass planks, and a light tube) could help increase the amount of natural light reaching the water of Elliott Bay, an important part of [...]