Tag: 2024 seattle transportation levy
Seattle voters approve at least $487M for safe streets
The Seattle Transportation Levy appears to be sailing to a landslide victory after the initial drop of ballots showed the measure passing with 67% of the vote, a margin that could grow as more ballots are counted. Over eight years, the levy promises to invest more than $160 million in Vision Zero, $193 million in…
Which ballot dropbox is the most bike-friendly? + It’s not too late to register or get a replacement ballot
I biked my ballot to the drop box near Gas Works Park the other day, which got me wondering: Is this the most bike-friendly ballot drop box in Seattle? It’s across the street from the Burke-Gilman Trail, so that’s got to be hard to beat. I threw together this map overlaying ballot drop box locations…
SNGreenways storymap shows how the 2015 transportation levy ‘made Seattle a safer place for walking, biking and rolling’
The 2015 Move Seattle Levy added nearly 100 miles to Seattle’s bike network, repaired or replaced 44 public staircases, built 1,600 new accessible curb ramps, made 293 transit improvements, repaired 220 blocks of sidewalk and built 350 new blocks of sidewalk. This is in addition to all the other road and bridge maintenance work. It’s…
Watch: Riding Bromptons with Best Side Cycling and talking about the transportation levy
Hanoch Yeung and I accidentally coordinated out outfits with our Brompton folding bikes, then rode around for a while talking about the state of bicycle infrastructure in Seattle and the need for voters to approve Prop 1, the Seattle Transportation Levy. Our conversation is probably the most in-depth I’ve gone into the politics behind the…
Rita Hulsman: ‘Please join me in honoring Steve’s legacy with your YES vote to approve Proposition 1’
Rita Hulsman lost her husband of more than 40 years in December when a person turned his Chevy Tahoe in front of Steve while Steve biked downhill on Marine View Drive SW not far from his home. Steve died shortly after the collision. He was 66. In the months since that horrible day, Rita has…
2024 Voter Guide: Who the transpo orgs endorsed – UPDATED
Alright, folks, let’s do this. This is the big one for a lot of reasons, but for biking in Seattle specifically this is the most important ballot of the entire decade. We need to vote NO on Initiative 2117 and vote YES on Seattle Proposition 1. If we want to make our streets safer, connect…
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