Last week, Mayor Harrell released his draft proposal for the next levy that will fund our transportation projects for the next 8 years, and it won’t get us where we need to go.
ACT NOW to push back on cuts to sidewalks and transit funding.
Seattle needs a levy that puts us on track to meet our city’s climate, safety, and equity goals. These are commitments that the city has already made. But these goals don’t mean anything if we don’t fund them. Now is the time to put our money where our mouth is!
At a time when we need to be investing more, his draft proposal:
- Slashes pedestrian funding by $32 million (23%), compared to current levy spending, adjusted for inflation.
- Slashes transit funding by $52 million (30%)
- Increases car-focused spending by $189 million (33%), bringing this bucket dramatically out of balance with other spending.
ACT NOW to push back on dramatic cuts to sidewalks and transit funding.
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, Disability Rights Washington, West Seattle Bike Connections and 12 other organizations (and counting!) are pushing to right these wrongs.
Our Demands:
- Dedicate at least 50% of levy funding to improvements for people walking, rolling, biking, and riding transit (a minimum!)
- Prioritize levy funding for historically disinvested communities that do not yet have safe walking and biking infrastructure, including south Delridge and Roxbury.
- Propose a larger levy total of at least $1.7B.
Specifically, we’re pushing for funding for:
- Accessibility — sidewalks and crosswalks:
- Safety — Vision Zero
- Transit Reliability
- Equitable Bike Routes
- Anti-Displacement Work
- Urban Freeway Mitigation
- Livability: accessible public restrooms
Click here to see the full set of demands.
The next Seattle Transportation Levy will fund most of the next 8 years of work on our streets, trails and public spaces. The Mayor’s draft does not get us where we need to go. Deadline is this Friday for comments.
Please take the SDOT “community questionnaire”survey.
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