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Seattle Transportation Director's Subject Files, 1965-2005
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Transportation
- Title
- Seattle Transportation Director's Subject Files
- Dates
- 1965-2005 (inclusive)19652005
2002-2005 (bulk)20022005 - Quantity
- 8.4 cubic feet, (9 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 8100-03
- Summary
- Records concerning transportation issues and projects in Seattle.
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
-
Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) was formed by combining transportation planning from the former Strategic Planning Office (SPO) with the former Seattle Transportation Department (SeaTran) to bring a more comprehensive approach to transportation service delivery. A major element of SDOT's creation was the establishment of the Policy, Planning, and Major Project's division, which is charged with transportation system planning and providing increased control and influence over major projects under construction in Seattle.
SDOT is currently organized into eight divisions. The Director's Office, Human Resources, and Communications constitute the Executive management division. The Capital Projects and Roadway Structures division includes the Transportation Capital Improvement Program and operation and maintenance of the city's bridges and other structures. Street Use & Urban Forestry provides permitting for all work including planting, pruning, and removal of trees. Responsibility for long-range transportation planning, and developing transportation policy for the city of Seattle falls to the Policy & Planning division. Initiation of large projects and program development is lead by the Major Projects division. Financial oversight of the department, information systems and administrative support is directed by the Resource Management division. The Street Maintenance division has responsibility for street resurfacing, cleaning and general maintenance and Traffic Management is responsible for operation of the city's street system, and neighborhood and operational programs.
This department has had a long evolution beginning with the Department of Streets and Sewers which was responsible for planning, construction, repair, and cleaning of the City's streets, sidewalks, and sewers. City Council appointed Seattle's first Street Commissioner in 1875. The position came under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works in 1890. The position of Superintendent of Streets, Sewers and Parks was established in 1896; authority over parks was removed in 1904. In 1936 the Engineering Department assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Streets and Sewers and the Traffic Department and the Department became the Maintenance Division of the Engineering Department.
An ordinance creating a Department of Transportation was passed in July 1971. The legislation provided for the appointment of the Director of Transportation, specified the duties of the Transit Advisory Board, provided for the Seattle Transit Commission, and transferred all remaining operational aspects to the newly organized department. The Seattle Transportation Department was created in 1997 when the traffic and transportation functions of the Engineering Department were consolidated. By June 2002, SDOT and SPO consolidated to form a newly organized department which absorbed responsibilities for maintenance and operation of streets, bridges, retaining walls and seawalls, and traffic control systems in the City. An ordinance passed in 2004 changed the departments' name to Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Predominantly files of Director Grace Crunican regarding transportation projects and issues, including the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement, Seattle Monorail Project, South Lake Union area, Mercer Street corridor and streetcars. Also documented are regional transportation issues involving Sound Transit, Link Light Rail, Puget Sound Regional Council and a Regional Transportation Investment District. Records include subject files, studies, reports, correspondence, briefing material, trip files, departmental and mayoral meeting agendas
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Seattle Transportation Director's Subject Files , Record Series 8100-03. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
8100-03: Seattle Transportation Director's Subject Files , 1965-2005Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Accountability
Agreement |
2004 |
1/2 | Accountability
Agreement |
2004 |
1/3 | Aging Americans |
2004 |
1/4 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2002 |
1/5 | Alaskan Way Viaduct And
Seawall |
2002 |
1/6 | Alaskan Way Viaduct And
Seawall Options |
2002 |
1/7 | Alaskan Way Viaduct And
Seawall |
2003 |
1/8 | Alaskan Way Viaduct and
Seawall Replacement |
2003 |
1/9 | Alaskan Way Viaduct and
Seawall Replacement |
2003 |
1/10 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2003 |
1/11 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2003 |
1/12 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2004 |
1/13 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2004 |
1/14 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2004 |
1/15 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2004 |
1/16 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2004 |
1/17 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2004 |
2/1 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2004 |
2/2 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2004 |
2/3 | Alaskan Way Viaduct
Construction |
2004 |
2/4 | Alaskan Way Viaduct / Seawall
- Public Comments |
2004 |
2/5 | Alaskan Way
Viaduct |
2004 |
2/6 | Alaskan Way Viaduct - 2030
Materials For Council COW |
2004 |
2/7 | Alaskan Way Viaduct and
Seawall Replacement Project Briefing Notebook |
2005 |
2/8 | Alaskan Way Viaduct Hillside
Maintenance |
2003-2004 |
2/9 | Alaskan Way Viaduct - Seneca
Group |
2002 |
2/10 | Alaskan Way Viaduct
Washington DC Fly-In |
2004 |
2/11 | Alaskan Way Viaduct
Washington DC Information |
2004 |
2/12 | Alaskan Way Viaduct Emergency
Closure and Traffic Plan |
2005 |
2/13 | American Public
Transportation Association |
2003-2004 |
2/14 | Aquatic Ecology |
2004 |
2/15 | Aquatics |
2004 |
2/16 | Bike |
2004 |
2/17 | Bridges |
2004 |
2/18 | Budget |
2002-2003 |
2/19 | Burke-Gilman Trail,
Ballard |
2002 |
2/20 | Burlington Northern Santa
Fe |
2002 |
2/21 | Bus Rapid Transit |
2001-2002 |
2/22 | Bus Rapid Transit - Aurora
Ave |
2002-2004 |
2/23 | Business Meetings,
Quarterly |
2003 |
2/24 | Business Meetings,
Quarterly |
2004 |
2/25 | Business Meetings,
Quarterly |
2004 |
2/26 | Capital Cabinet |
2003-2004 |
2/27 | Capital Improvement Program
(CIP |
2003-2004 |
2/28 | Tim Ceis Meetings |
2004 |
3/1 | Citizens' Transportation
Advisory Committee |
2003-2004 |
3/2 | City Council |
2003 |
3/3 | City Council |
2004 |
3/4 | City Council -
Budget |
2003 |
3/5 | City Council Budget
Retreat |
2004 |
3/6 | City Council Budget Committee
Presentation |
2005 |
3/7 | City Council Transportation
Committee Orientation |
2004 |
3/8 | Community
Meetings |
2002 |
3/9 | Community Meetings -
Belltown |
2002 |
3/10 | Community Meetings - Bicycle
Advisory Board |
2002 |
3/11 | Community Meetings - Galer
St. Flyover |
2002 |
3/12 | Correspondence - To Grace
Crunican |
2003 |
3/13 | Correspondence - To Grace
Crunican |
2003 |
3/14 | Correspondence - To Grace
Crunican |
2004 |
3/15 | Cost Estimate Validation
Process |
2002 |
3/16 | Costco 4th Ave |
2001 |
3/17 | Downtown Transportation
Alliance |
2003-2004 |
3/18 | Downtown Transportation
Alliance |
2003-2004 |
3/19 | Downtown Transportation
Alliance |
2004-2005 |
3/20 | Eastlake Neighborhood
Tour |
2002 |
3/21 | Economic Vitality
Sub-Cabinet |
2002 |
3/22 | Environmental |
2003 |
3/23 | Environmental |
2004 |
3/24 | Federal Transportation
Priorities |
2003 |
3/25 | Ferries (Incl.
Drawings) |
2004 |
3/26 | Ferries |
2004 |
3/27 | Filipino-American City
Employees of Seattle (FACES) Conference |
2002-2003 |
3/28 | Finance |
2001-2002 |
3/29 | Financial Memo From Daryl R.
Grigsby |
1999-2001 |
3/30 | Flexcar Car
Sharing |
2002 |
4/1 | For Your Review and
Comment |
2002 |
4/2 | Freight Mobility
Roundtable |
2002-2003 |
4/3 | Gas Tax Proposal |
2003 |
4/4 | Growth Management
Sub-Cabinet |
2004 |
4/5 | HOT Lanes |
2004 |
4/6 | HOV |
2002-2003 |
4/7 | Initiative 776 |
2002 |
4/8 | Intelligent Transportation
System (ITS), Duwamish |
2000 |
4/9 | Interstate 5
Corridor |
2004 |
4/10 | Interstate 90 |
2003 |
4/11 | King Street
Station |
2002 |
4/12 | Kudos From Grace |
2002 |
4/13 | Labor - Management Leadership
Committee |
2003 |
4/14 | Labor - Management Leadership
Committee |
2004 |
4/15 | Lake City Way |
2002-2003 |
4/16 | Legislation |
2002-2003 |
4/17 | Legislative |
2004 |
4/18 | Manufacturing Industrial
Council |
2002 |
4/19 | Master Builders
Association |
2002 |
4/20 | Master Builders Association
of Seattle, Meetings |
2002-2003 |
4/21 | Mayor's
Priorities |
2002 |
4/22 | Mayor |
2003 |
4/23 | Mayor's Office
Info |
2002-2003 |
4/24 | Mayor |
2004 |
4/25 | Mayor Meetings |
2004 |
4/26 | Mayor's Green Ribbon
Commission |
2005 |
4/27 | Mercer Corridor I |
2004 |
4/28 | Mercer Corridor I |
2003-2004 |
4/29 | Mercer Corridor
2004 |
2003-2004 |
4/30 | Mercer Corridor 2 |
2004 |
5/1 | METRO - Bus Rapid
Transit |
2001-2003 |
5/2 | Monorail |
2002 |
5/3 | Monorail |
2002 |
5/4 | Monorail -
Finance |
2003 |
5/5 | Monorail |
2003 |
5/6 | Monorail |
2004 |
5/7 | Monorail |
2004 |
5/8 | Monorail |
2004 |
5/9 | Monorail |
2004 |
5/10 | Monorail |
2004 |
5/11 | Monorail - Mitigation
Program |
2004 |
5/12 | Monorail |
2004 |
5/13 | Monorail |
2005 |
5/14 | Monorail Greenline
Agreement |
2003-2004 |
5/15 | Monorail Greenline Agreement
- Draft |
2004 |
5/16 | Nisqually
Earthquake |
2001 |
5/17 | Noise Wall |
2004 |
5/18 | Olympic Pipeline |
2003 |
5/19 | Organizational Assessment -
Bob Wall |
2002-2003 |
5/20 | Parking |
2002-2004 |
5/21 | Parking |
2004 |
5/22 | Parking
Management |
2002 |
5/23 | Police - Harbor
Patrol |
2001 |
5/24 | Presentations |
2004 |
5/25 | Presentations - Alaskan Way
Viaduct, South Lake Union Streetcar |
2004 |
5/26 | Princeton Bridge |
2002 |
5/27 | Puget Sound Federal Relations
Mission To Washington DC Briefing Book |
2003 |
6/1 | Puget Sound Regional
Council |
2003 |
6/2 | Puget Sound Regional
Council |
2004 |
6/3 | Puget Sound Regional
Council |
2004 |
6/4 | Puget Sound Regional
Council |
2004 |
6/5 | Race Relations |
2004 |
6/6 | Referendum 51 |
2002 |
6/7 | Regional Meetings |
2002 |
6/8 | Regional Package |
2000-2002 |
6/9 | Regional Package |
2000-2002 |
6/10 | Regional Transportation
Committee |
2003 |
6/11 | Regional Transportation
Investment District |
2003 |
6/12 | Regional Transportation
Investment District |
2003 |
6/13 | Regional Transportation
Investment District - Moving To Solutions |
2003 |
6/14 | Regional Transportation
Investment District |
2004 |
6/15 | Regional Transportation
Investment District |
2004 |
6/16 | Regional Transportation
Investment District |
2004 |
6/17 | Regional Transportation
Investment District |
2003-2004 |
6/18 | Reorganization Planning (SPO)
- Written |
2002 |
6/19 | SDOT Vision |
2002 |
7/1 | SeaShore Transportation
Forum |
2003 |
7/2 | SeaShore Transportation
Forum |
2004 |
7/3 | SeaShore Transportation
Forum |
2004 |
7/4 | Seattle Public Utilities -
Drainage |
2004 |
7/5 | Seattle Public Utilities - 4%
Drainage |
2004 |
7/6 | Seattle Public Utilities - 4%
Drainage |
2004 |
7/7 | Seattle Streetcar Delegation
To Portland |
2003 |
7/8 | Seattle Urban
Forest |
2003 |
7/9 | Security |
2004 |
7/10 | Sidewalks |
2002-2004 |
7/11 | Sodo |
2003 |
7/12 | Sound Transit |
2002 |
7/13 | Sound Transit |
2002 |
7/14 | Sound Transit |
2003-2004 |
7/15 | Sound Transit, Light
Rail |
2003 |
7/16 | Sound Transit |
2004 |
7/17 | Sound Transit |
2004 |
7/18 | Sound Transit |
2004 |
7/19 | Sound Transit Link Light
Rail |
2003 |
7/20 | South Lake Union |
2003 |
7/21 | South Lake Union |
2004 |
7/22 | South Lake Union / Mercer
Ramps |
2000 |
7/23 | South Lake Union
Streetcar |
2003-2004 |
7/24 | South Lake Union
Streetcar |
2004 |
7/25 | South Park Bridge |
2002-2004 |
7/26 | Speaking Events |
2002-2003 |
7/27 | State Route 513 |
2000-2001 |
8/1 | State Route 519 |
2002 |
8/2 | State Route 520 |
2003-2004 |
8/3 | State Route 520 |
2004 |
8/4 | State Route 520 Bridge
Replacement |
2004 |
8/5 | Staff Agendas |
2002 |
8/6 | Staff Agendas |
2003 |
8/7 | Staff Agendas |
2003 |
8/8 | Staff Agendas |
2003 |
8/9 | Staff Agendas |
2004 |
8/10 | Staff Agendas |
2004 |
8/11 | Staff Agendas |
2004 |
8/12 | Staff Agendas |
2004 |
8/13 | Staff Agendas |
2004 |
8/14 | Staff Agendas |
2004 |
8/15 | Staff Kudos |
2002-2004 |
8/16 | Staff Retreat |
2001 |
8/17 | Street
Maintenance |
2003-2004 |
8/18 | Streetcar |
2003 |
8/19 | Streetcar |
2004 |
8/20 | Streetcar Legislative
Intent |
2004 |
8/21 | Topoff |
2003 |
8/22 | Transition - Mayor-Elect
Nickels |
2001-2002 |
8/23 | Translake
Washington |
2001-2002 |
8/24 | Trans-Lake Washington
Project |
2002 |
9/1 | Transportation and Climate
Conference |
2004 |
9/2 | "Transportation and the Shape
of the City" James R. Ellis Remarks |
1965 |
9/3 | Transportation Equity
Act |
2003 |
9/4 | Transportation Legislative
Conference, Washington DC |
2003 |
9/5 | Transportation Overview
Meetings |
2002-2004 |
9/6 | Transportation Strategic
Plan |
2001 |
9/7 | Trip - Chicago |
2004 |
9/8 | Trip - Washington
DC |
2004 |
9/9 | Trip - Washington
DC |
2004 |
9/10 | Urban
Sustainability |
2003 |
9/11 | Utah Street Issues (Includes
Drawings) |
2004 |
9/12 | West Galer St.
Flyover |
2000 |
9/13 | Women's Transportation
Seminar |
2004 |
9/14 | Women's Transportation
Seminar |
2005 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Alaskan Way Viaduct (Seattle, Wash.)
- Bus rapid transit--Washington (State)--King County
- Cable cars (Streetcars)--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Regional planning--Washington (State)
- Seattle Monorail Project
- South Lake Union (Seattle, Wash.)
- Street-railroads--Washington (State)
- Transportation Planning
Personal Names
- Crunican, Grace
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Transportation
- Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Wash.)
- Puget Sound Regional Council
- Seattle (Wash.). Mayor
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)