Tag: city council

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
November 2, 2022

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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tagged: 2023 budget, city council
February 14, 2022

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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tagged: alex pedersen, city council, seattle bicycle advisory board
May 6, 2021

Council seeks project list to determine if a $100 million bond is necessary

A majority of the City Council, led by Councilmember Dan Strauss, voted Wednesday to defer their decision on issuing a large bond until they have more details on what it would fund and when the money would be needed. As we reported last week, the City Council is considering a 20-year, $100 million bond on…
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tagged: alex pedersen, city council, dan strauss, seattle neighborhood greenways, vehicle license fee