Tag: city council

November 22, 2023

Council passes budget with Mt. Baker, S Henderson safety projects + more

For a budget cycle with tough revenue projections, the City Council still added some excellent street safety projects and mostly protected safety efforts from cuts. The Council passed the 2024-25 budget Tuesday after weeks of hearings and debates. Highlights include $1.4 million to “transform the Mt. Baker station area into a safer and comfortable place…
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tagged: 2024 budget, accessible mt baker, city council, s henderson st, seattle neighborhood greenways, thomas street
October 20, 2023

Transportation advocacy endorsements for the 2023 general election

Your ballot for the November 7 general election should be in your mailbox or in the mail. If you have not yet registered, don’t worry. Eligible voters have until October 30 to register or update your address online. After that date, voters will need to register in person at a voting center. With all Seattle…
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tagged: 2023 general election, city council, voters guide
October 6, 2023

Seattle Council, do not pass the resolution to add even more red tape to safety projects

Seattle needs to make it easier, not harder, for the Department of Transportation to improve safety on our streets. To that end, the City Council should not pass Resolution 32097, which is scheduled for a vote Tuesday. The resolution, which was passed unanimously out of the Land Use Committee rather than the Transportation Committee, contains…
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tagged: city council, dan strauss, freight, freight master plan, resolution 32097, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board
December 13, 2022

Seattle supports state action on e-bike incentives, income-based traffic tickets, decriminalizing jaywalking + more

Seattle City Council is set to consider an ambitious lobbying plan for the 2023 state legislative session, including support for e-bike incentives, income-based traffic tickets, decriminalization of jaywalking, freeway removal in marginalized communities and much more. Every year, the City of Seattle creates a document outlining the outcomes they will be lobbying to support, and…
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tagged: 2023 legislature, city council
November 28, 2022

South Seattle bike lane improvements added as budget goes to final vote

Though many of the Seattle City Council’s more ambitious budget goals were shelved following a grim revenue forecast, the nearly-complete 2023-24 budget retains the Vision Zero and Missing Link redesign funds that Mayor Bruce Harrell initially proposed and sets aside $1 million for upgrading many District 2 bike lane barriers to concrete. Considering the budget…
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tagged: 2023 budget, andrew lewis, bruce harrell, city council, Lisa herbold, tammy morales
November 4, 2022

Council should reconsider the new scooter and bike share tax

Seattle’s City Council needs to be very careful with its proposed new taxes on scooter and bike share services, which Councilmember Andrew Lewis has proposed as part of the 2023-24 budget. It is expected to cost $540,000 in 2023 to set up a taxing system to charge 25¢ per ride in hopes of collecting $716,000…
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tagged: 2023 budget, andrew lewis, bike share, city council, scooter share