Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) i Seattle

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  Maria Moore

  :: 10 May 2018 12:42:03

  A necessary evil unfortunately. I moved to Seattle from the East coast, and I found an apartment in downtown Seattle. In order for me to move in with the Pod I had shipped with my belongings, I had to pay $146 to the City of Seattle Street Use Permit as well as $218 to the Seattle Department of Transportation to use the metered parking space. A grand total of $364.00 plus change. I was told by a Traffic Permit Specialist that I would be able to get my money back if I didn't use the allotted days I had paid for. That was a bunch of lies just to extort more money out of my pocket! I was mislead to believe I would be able to get my money back when the Traffic Specialist handed me her supervisor's business card when she told me I would need to speak to him. She didn't say no nor did she mention the rules of no refund. I spoke to the supervisor, and he kept saying that the rules have always been you never get a refund for the days you don't use. How was I supposed to know that?? I just moved to Seattle. The Supervisor exclaimed surprise that the Traffic Specialist I had spoken to would have told me about the refund considering the years and years she has worked there. Moreover, he was not gracious and his tone was derisive in accusing me of wasting his time due to the fact that his answer was no. When I pointed out to him that I just moved here, so how was I supposed to know about the rule of no refunds, he suddenly gave me an insincere, shallow apology, and then proceeding to insult me again. I do not appreciate the malicious, underhanded ploy to pay more but the SDOT employees feign ignorance in addition to not taking responsibility for their actions. The system is rigged against us, the Plebeians. The Latin expression: Caveat Emptor, "Buyer Beware" applies brilliantly to the employees working at and for SDOT. Before my Pod arrived, I had to wait 2 days, so I already had paid for 2 days of unused space out of the 8 days I had paid for upfront. What I found interesting was that even though the spot was exclusively reserved for me, other people could still park on my spot. Despite their quote "Gorilla orange post on the corner" to notify everyone else that the spot was reserved so hence Do Not Park; the City of Seattle did not shut down the Parking Meter machine. In effect, they were double dipping with the $364 I had paid them upfront, and everyone else who paid for my reserved spot. I contacted SDOT about the conundrum of other people parking on my reserved spot, and of course the City employees are going to blame the stupidity on everyone else. The Traffic Permit Specialist gave me the phone number to Parking Enforcement, which I come to find out is a farce. The whole department is ineffectual when it comes to enforcing their own nefarious and draconian rules. There was a car parked illegally in my space but the numbers I was given to contact the supposed "right department" doesn't exist. Everyone else kept saying...."you have the wrong department" even though another person from the City gave me your number. It was after 20 minutes of stressful google searches that I found a person who was decent enough to just contact non-emergency Police Officer to come down and write a ticket and a tow the vehicle out of my paid spot. Everyone in my apartment building agrees with me that you can't even see the ridiculous "Gorilla Post", and the placement of it was confusing and misleading for many. I only wish Dante's Inferno and the different levels of Hell were true for the likes of SDOT employees & officials who rip off its law-abiding citizens.

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  collin patricelli

  :: 19 April 2018 00:34:35

  the SDOT needs to do a WAY better job at maintaining the roads. There are pot holes everywhere and newly repaved roads crack within a couple of years of the repaving. I have dented the rim of an SUV in a pot hole not 2 blocks away from my house. My car has also has had its tired punctured numerous times from potholes and even dented the rim so bad that it left the car unable to drive.

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  Justin Sims

  :: 01 March 2018 18:46:25

  I've made several complaints about an intersection where people make several illegal moves I have witnessed several close calls and almost been a part of a couple however they never seem to do anything about it and the last few times they have just hung up on me so I guess it's going to be able to take for someone to die or get seriously hurt before they do something about it

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  Katie

  :: 12 January 2018 17:01:08

  I can only speak for one experience, but it was phenomenal. Shout out to Monroe and Jarrod!!! My tire blew and I was stranded on 99S when Jarrod pulled over in a huge SDOT truck, shielding me from traffic and putting out cones. He didn't have the tool I was missing from my kit, so he phoned Monroe for backup. Monroe actually figured out how to use the contents of my kit, and they worked together to change the tire. Not only did they save me money and time waiting for a tow, they protected me from oncoming traffic and were the most genuinely kind, capable, and endearing help I could've asked for. Amazing attitudes. Oh, and they wouldn't let me take them to lunch, shrugging it off with, "this is what we do!" Thank Jarrod and Monroe!!!!

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  Cory Halverson

  :: 23 October 2017 18:57:02

  I'd rare U 0 if I could! U r so misinformed! I'm not a OO or a CB. I'm a Test-Dummy! Get ur narritive straight, DA! Ur Aryan brotherhood license plate propaganda war fare is pretty comical. Take all that $ and do some charitable work with it, cause U will never beat thee Almighty! Ever fools.