Blog stats: 1,100 words | 6-minute read The City of Seattle has been selected for a $9.7 million ‘Safe Streets and Roads for All’ federal grant. Awarded by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), this grant will fund pavement upgra…
Seattle City (spot)Light: Daniel Merz, Senior Program Manager
The Basics Division: Customer Care and Energy Solutions How long have you been at City Light? February 2025 Tell us about your role. What does your job entail? I collaborate with and manage cross-utility teams to design, build, and manage customer-faci…
November Find of the Month: Removing Streetcar Rails
In the early 1940s, City Engineer Charles Wartelle oversaw a project to remove streetcar rails from city streets after buses had replaced the old trolleys. In an article for Public Works Magazine describing the project, he wrote that about 27,500 tons of steel rails on 100 miles of streets were removed by the transit system, […]
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