Tag: city council
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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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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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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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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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Council budget proposals include Vision Zero adds, possible bike/scooter share tax + more
Ryan Packer at the Urbanist has written a very detailed breakdown of the City Council’s proposed changes to the 2023-24 city budget as they relate to transportation. The proposals include both new expenses and new ideas for additional revenue. The Council proposals not only protect the Vision Zero expenses proposed in Mayor Bruce Harrell’s budget,…
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Pedersen’s office throws out bicycle advisory board process for new member
On Tuesday morning the City Council’s Transportation and Seattle Public Utilities Committee will consider the nomination of a new member to the Bicycle Advisory Board. The appointment comes months after the board undertook a formal search and interview process to select three new members: two of those members went through Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office in…
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