Call In to Speak Up for Street Safety Funding at Seattle City Council

Wednesday, June 2, 9:30 am — sign-in for public comment opens at 7:30 am
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• Submit written comments to Councilmember Pedersen at [email protected] 
• Sign-up to provide Public Comment at the meeting (opens at 7:30 am)    
• Watch live streaming video of the meeting 
• Listen to the meeting by calling the Council Chamber Listen Line at253-215-8782 Meeting ID: 586 416 9164One Tap Mobile No. US: +12532158782,,5864169164#  

Background:

24 people were killed by being hit by cars on Seattle Streets in 2020. 24 lives were mourned by family, friends, and communities. And each year, these numbers are growing.

As a city, we are failing Vision Zero, the city’s goal to reduce the number of road-traffic deaths and serious injuries to zero by 2030. The Vision Zero team is underfunded, and the lack of progress means that more and more lives are lost.

We must do more. Increased funding for Vision Zero would allow the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to increase safety on our most dangerous streets, and protect those who are the most vulnerable. Black people, disabled people, elders, unhoused people, and people in SE Seattle are far more likely to be killed by being hit by cars.

Funding for Vision Zero:

Last fall, a new source of funding emerged, and SDOT engaged a long list of stakeholders, including SNG, who collaboratively created a spend plan that would have doubled the Vision Zero budget, allowing SDOT to redesign more of our dangerous streets. Seattle City Council opted to punt this decision to this fall, 2021. 

Speak up now to ask City Council to significantly increase funding for Vision Zero, and remind our elected leaders how important this funding is to individual people’s lives and communities.