It’s going to be another sunny weekend! Consider walking, taking transit, or riding a bike or scooter share to these community events 

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Seattle, we’ve acquired one other good weekend forward of us! When you’re searching for one thing to do, take into account one of many enjoyable occasions we’re highlighting under. From stay music to family-friendly video games within the park, there’s one thing enjoyable for everybody. 

When planning your journey, try our replace on WSDOT’s Revive I-5 work, which can start closing lanes once more Friday night time. We even have venture work going down over the weekend. Driving transit such because the Hyperlink mild rail, the bus, or the West Seattle Water Taxi may be a simple approach to attain your locations. Taking a motorcycle or scooter share can be an excellent choice. Whenever you select transportation apart from a automobile, it lessens visitors and makes journey simpler for everybody. 

Hold studying for extra on clean journey this weekend! 

Neighborhood Celebrations and Occasions 

Seafair Float Live performance 

A summer season of Seafair occasions isn’t over but! On Saturday, August 20 from 3 to six p.m., convey your boat, paddleboard, or inflatable to look at stay music on the water of South Lake Union. The present is free, and certain to be enjoyable for the entire household. Please be secure and take into account carrying a life vest whilst you’re out on the water. 

Many King County Metro bus routes drop you close to South Lake Union, together with 8, 40, 62, 70, 320, and the RapidRide C and E strains. Vacationers may also take into account the Seattle Streetcar (South Lake Union Line). Taking a motorcycle or scooter share to the lake shore can be an excellent choice.  

Emerald Metropolis Comedian Con 

Emerald City Comic Con invitations followers, artists, and performers from around the globe to return collectively in a colourful, annual celebration of popular culture. Happening on the Washington State Conference Middle in downtown Seattle, the occasion options panel discussions, gaming zones, superstar friends, and extra, and festivities usually spill over the celebration’s official hours.  

The dates and instances of the conference’s basic reveals are: 

• Thursday, August 18, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. 
• Friday, August 19, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. 
• Saturday, August 20, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. 
• Sunday, August 21, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 

However guests ought to examine the event’s FAQ page for the timing of different occasions. Basic and VIP admission tickets are available online. 

The Conference Middle has two parking garages. There are numerous handy transit choices out there as effectively. Strolling to the Middle from the Hyperlink mild rail’s Westlake Station takes just some minutes, and plenty of Metro bus routes serve the downtown space. 

Huge Day of Play 

On Saturday, August 20, Seattle Parks and Recreation will host its yearly Big Day of Play from 12 – 6 p.m. in two areas: the Rainier Playfields and the Mt. Baker Rowing and Crusing Middle. The Day of Play celebrates the variety of Seattle’s communities and encourages folks to get collectively and have enjoyable being lively in no matter methods they get pleasure from. 

Persevering with our summer season outreach, our SDOT workforce will host a sales space alongside different Metropolis departments, on the Rainier Playfield location. Please cease by to speak to us about transportation and different associated subjects—we’d love to talk with you! 

When you’re concerned about taking transit, each the Rainier Playfields and the Mt. Baker Rowing and Crusing Middle are just some blocks from the Columbia Metropolis mild rail station. Metro bus routes 7, 9, and 50 additionally journey close to the realm.  

Rejoice Little Saigon 

Right here’s one other Saturday occasion! On August 20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., head over to 1025 S King Road for Celebrate Little Saigon, a block social gathering highlighting Vietnamese meals, tradition, and group in Seattle. The occasion helps to help native companies whereas additionally offering an area for Vietnamese artists and performers to indicate off their creativity. 

The block social gathering is a couple of ten-minute stroll from the Hyperlink mild rail’s Chinatown Worldwide District station. It’s also possible to see if any of the Metro bus routes serving the realm give you the results you want, together with routes 7, 14, 36, 60, and 106. 

Bicycle Weekend on Lake Washington Boulevard 

From 7 p.m. Friday, August 19 to 7 a.m. Monday, August 22, a portion of Lake Washington Boulevard might be closed to motorized automobiles as a part of Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Bicycle Weekends. Seattle Parks and Recreation invitations everybody locally to bike, jog or stroll alongside the boulevard between the Seward Park entrance and Mount Baker Park’s seashore throughout these instances. Native entry might be maintained. 

Building snapshot 

SDOT building work 

Route 44 Hall Venture 

Starting Friday, August 19 by Monday, August 22 between 7 p.m. and three a.m., night time work will happen between NW Market St and twenty fourth Ave NW and Fremont Ave N and N forty sixth St. We might be eradicating current striping and portray new striping on sections of the  avenue. A noise variance has been granted to do that work. Travels can anticipate noise and journey delays for the length. 

West Seattle and South Park

On Saturday, August 20, from 6 a.m. to five p.m., we are going to work in a number of areas round West Seattle and South Park: 

• We’re paving eighth Ave S from S Kenyon St to S Portland St in South Park. We’ll prohibit parking and preserve one driving lane of visitors in every route.
• We’ll be working in south Delridge at sixteenth Ave SW and SW Cambridge St to replace curb bulbs and curb ramps. We’ll preserve one driving lane of visitors in every route.
• We’ll be changing concrete panels on sixteenth Ave SW and SW Myrtle St. We’ll preserve one lane of visitors in every route.
• We’ll clear the median islands at SW Roxbury St and Olson Place SW. We’ll shut a driving lane in each instructions on both facet of the median, so folks driving can anticipate delays.

On Sunday, August 21, from 7 a.m. to three p.m., we might be paving a median island on West Marginal Method SW, simply north of the Highland Park Method SW intersection. Please anticipate delays whereas driving by the realm.

For the newest SDOT journey data, you may comply with our SDOT Visitors Twitter account @sdottraffic, or go to our Seattle Travelers web page for actual time visitors digicam data.

WSDOT building work 

Revive I-5 

Starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 19, contractor crews working for WSDOT will start engaged on the proper lanes of southbound I-5 to exchange enlargement joints. Vacationers ought to be conscious that: 

• The collector/distributor ramp to southbound I-5 might be closed. Folks will have the ability to enter the collector/distributor, however should use one of many exits, which embody I-90, Dearborn Road, Fourth Avenue South, and Airport Method. 
• Folks will have the ability to use the on-ramps from Spring and James streets into the collector/distributor however should use one of many exits. 
• The eastbound and westbound ramps from I-90 to southbound I-5 might be closed, besides for 2 hours after stadium occasions with attendance of 15,000 or extra. 
• The off-ramps to Forest Road, Spokane Road and Columbian Method might be closed. 

Vacationers also needs to word that for about the following three weekends, contractors will full paving work along with enlargement joint work on I-5. Southbound I-5 will often be decreased to at least one lane to complete a few of this paving. All work will wrap up by 5 a.m. Monday, August 22. 

Revive I-5 work is scheduled to proceed each weekend this summer season by across the finish of September. You possibly can visit the Revive I-5 website for the newest data, and you may sustain with WSDOT on Twitter at @wsdot_traffic. 

Transit and journey planning assets 

As all the time, we encourage you to think about transit to get round this weekend. The Link light rail and King County Metro each have helpful assets that will help you map your route. Utilizing Metro’s trip planning tool or Sound Transit’s trip planning tool, you can enter your start and end addresses to discover the transit route that works greatest for you. Google Maps additionally affords transit planning and biking, strolling, and different journey planning choices. 

A heads up that between August 19 and September 1, Sound Transit might be finishing restore work on the Hyperlink mild rail Columbia Metropolis station, which can lead to service delays. You possibly can read more about the planned work here. 

Thanks 

Thanks once more for studying our journey ideas. Planning forward helps to make getting round simpler for everybody. We hope you might have a pleasant weekend!