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From our Bike Events Calendar
Dec1Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkDec 1 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailDec3Sat9:00 am First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...Dec 3 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pmEvery month volunteers gather to collect garbage and help beautify our neighborhood. On average, we collect about 15 bags of garbage per clean up, which means 1,000’s of small pieces of plastic that do not find their way into Puget … Continue reading9:00 am Seattle Street Fixers: S Columbi...Seattle Street Fixers: S Columbi...Dec 3 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 amWe’ll be out next Saturday, Dec 3rd from 9am to clear the bike lanes and sidewalks on Columbian Way. Meet up where Columbian Way becomes Alaska St. Bring your own gloves, snow shovels, clippers, water, snacks, etc., or we may … Continue readingDec4Sun10:00 am Ballard-Fremont Greenways Walk A...Ballard-Fremont Greenways Walk A...Dec 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 amJoin Ballard-Fremont Greenways for a walk audit of 15th Avenue and the Ballard Bridge between Interbay and Ballard. SDOT is planning to repave this segment next year with no major pedestrian or bike improvements. Join us Sunday, December 4th at … Continue reading4:00 pm Move Redmond & Complete Street B... @ Mox Boarding HouseMove Redmond & Complete Street B... @ Mox Boarding HouseDec 4 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Lets Give Together Join Move Redmond & Complete Streets Bellevue at our joint Fundraiser at Mox Boarding House on December 4th from 4pm – 6pm to help us raise our goal of $4,000 will help power the advocacy work of … Continue reading
Tag Archives: transportation benefits district
Yeah, there was no need to be worried about Seattle voting for transit
Transit is extremely popular in Seattle. More than 80 percent of voters approved Prop 1, which would expand the sales tax to fund bus transit service hours, infrastructure improvements and access programs in Seattle. And considering 9 in 10 registered … Continue reading
WA Supreme Court strikes down I-976, calling it ‘deceptive and misleading’
Tim Eyman continues to be very bad at writing initiatives, wasting an enormous amount of people’s time and energy arguing over a statewide initiative that wasn’t even constitutional. The official description for I-976 that appeared on ballots in 2019 said … Continue reading
Council puts less-deep transit cuts to voters in November
Transit is getting cut. But Seattle voters will have the chance in November to make the cuts less awful by approving the Seattle Transportation Benefit District’s (“STBD”) sales tax measure. As we reported previously, state legislators and the court-pending voter … Continue reading
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Mayor proposes smaller transit-funding measure to replace expiring 2014 tax
Following the exciting passage of JumpStart Seattle revenue package, which levies a tax on high-end salaries at large companies to fund an array of COVID-19 recovery and affordability programs, the details of the city’s plan for Proposition 1 to renew … Continue reading
Seattle votes to charge $60 per car to fund transit
Seattle finally passed a Transportation Benefit District Proposition 1. After a very disappointing loss in King County during the spring, Seattle decided to run its own version of the car tabs and sales tax measure intended to avoid transit cuts … Continue reading
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Set for November vote, $60 vehicle fee needs strong vision
The City Council, acting as the Transportation Benefits District, voted unanimously to send a $60 vehicle license fee to the November ballot. It’s not the full $80 recommended by the Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC III), but the funding allocations … Continue reading
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Tagged city council, ctac III, freight master plan, streetcars, transit, transportation benefits district, vehicle lisense fee
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