FOLLOWUP: First two of Alki’s next round of speed bumps now in place

Just back from Alki, where we checked on the 60th/61st/62nd SW speed-bump project. As of noon, two speed humps (no cut in the middle) are newly installed on 60th SW, south of Stevens.

We saw two SDOT trucks in the area but it wasn’t clear where crews would work next. The installation was delayed by the rainy weather. In all, the plan was for 11 new bumps in all on the three streets, between Alki Avenue and Admiral Way – speed humps on 60th and 62nd, cushions (the type with space between them) on 61st.

Wes November 7, 2025 (1:49 pm)

The pictures show how ridiculous it is to install bumps on 60th. The street is so narrow when there are cars parked on both sides (which is always). I don’t recall ever seeing speeding on the street.

PSPS November 7, 2025 (2:30 pm)

I used to live on 60th right where the new “bump” is and the only problem I observed was parking, certainly no speeding. Admittedly, this was a few years ago, before the “war on cars” thing took off.
Brandon November 7, 2025 (2:55 pm)

This slows people who already go slow. For those that speed, it wont stop them. A SUV will glide over that bump no problem. A car will slow (a bit) for the bump, then speed right back up only to slow (a bit) for the bump again. Having lived on a street with bumps, it didnt do anything beyond adding the noise of people reving up again and again after going over them. I suppose a few people went down the next block without the bumps, but that just proves the problem wasnt solved and we just wasted money.

Azimuth November 7, 2025 (2:45 pm)

Seattle roads are so deteriorated these speed humps barely register as anything different than normal.

Jake November 7, 2025 (3:27 pm)

Drive slow and they aren’t a problem!! It is mind numbingly that simple.

Jeff Olson November 7, 2025 (4:44 pm)

I still am struggling with this. The narrow roads like 60th and 62nd need to be one way. I talked to a local police officer about this and he agreed. This is unfortunately another case of the city thinks that they know than those who live there.

Travis November 7, 2025 (6:59 pm)

I live on 62nd and haven’t seen anyone speed on it. 63rd, on the other hand, is a different story — people race down that street all the time.

63rd St Resident November 19, 2025 (6:22 pm)

Agreed! 63rd St NEEDS the speed bumps. In the summer especially, 63rd constantly has drivers going 50+ and late night street racers and loud cars cruising back and forth and speeding. Does anyone know of plans to add any speed bumps/humps to 63rd?

Alki community member November 21, 2025 (1:14 pm)

I emailed SDOT asking about the recent speed bumps that were added to 60th, 61st, and 62nd Ave SW but not to 63rd Ave SW.I encourage anyone else who shares the want to add speed bumps to 63rd Ave SW to email Vision Zero Arterial Traffic Calming Project VZ_SaferSpeeds@seattle.gov asking them to include 63rd Ave SW in the current round of evaluations. It looks like the current planning and prioritization will be done by early 2026 for the implementations in 2027.

This is an overview of the response:

“61st is wider than a standard non-arterial street, which is one of the factors we look for when prioritizing traffic calming projects on neighborhood streets. Speed cushions were installed on 61st Ave SW (south of SW Admiral Way) around 2019 – 2020, so the focus of the project was completing this traffic calmed route which connects several arterials from Alki Ave SW to Beach Dr SW. 60th and 61st were added to the project scope because we try to calm groups of parallel neighborhood streets whenever we can. This helps us get ahead of concerns of spillover traffic (people switching to driving down a parallel street to avoid speed humps).”
The work on 60th, 61st, and 62nd was part of our Neighborhood Traffic Calming program. The focus of that program is on non-arterial (local) streets. Because 63rd Ave is an arterial street it was not included in the project development process for the neighborhood traffic calming efforts. → The process to look at traffic calming on arterial streets is a separate one.
Unfortunately, the budget for our arterial traffic calming program for 2026 has already been allocated to other projects consistent with the prioritization criteria. You can see what is planned for 2026 here.
“We are currently in the process of evaluating corridors for 2027 implementation.”
“Every year we evaluate arterial streets across the city to see where they end up on the priority list based on the criteria. This can involve collecting new data to refresh the list.”
“I have added 63rd Ave SW to the list to collect new speed data to make sure that we have accurate data for the prioritization process. I expect to have the citywide prioritization done in early 2026 and will give you an update on the status of 63rd Ave at that time.”