Tag: disability rights washington

May 9, 2024

Review: Everyone making transportation policy decisions must read ‘When Driving Is Not An Option,’ out today

“When I share the fact that a third of people in the United States can’t, or can’t afford to, drive, usually my audience is incredulous,” writes Seattle resident Anna Letitia Zivarts in her book “When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency” out today from Island Press. Zivarts will be speaking 7:30…
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tagged: anna zivarts, book reviews, disability rights washington, nondrivers, when driving is not an option
April 16, 2024

How Mayor Harrell’s proposed transportation levy compares

The $930 million Move Seattle Levy was the most ambitious city transportation levy in the U.S. in 2015, but it also overpromised on what it could feasibly deliver for those dollars. The result is that Seattle has completed a lot of great work while also failing to meet the goals promised to voters, especially for…
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tagged: 2024 transportation funding measure, bruce harrell, disability rights washington, move seattle levy, seattle neighborhood greenways
December 19, 2023

Seattle now must repair/build sidewalks when undertaking major street projects

SDOT should no longer be able to make a significant road repair project without ensuring that at least one side of the street has a sidewalk and completing any necessary repairs. The City Council approved a new ordinance last week that will make sure SDOT no longer makes large street investments that ignore the adjacent sidewalks.…
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tagged: 2023 sidewalk ordinance, cb 119601, cb 120658, city council, complete streets, disability rights washington, sdot, tammy morales
May 3, 2023

Under new law, Washington communities must plan around ‘multimodal level of service’

Imagine a street in your neighborhood that is difficult to cross on foot, scary to bike on and/or where buses are constantly getting stuck in car traffic. I know, this was not a difficult imagination exercise. Streets like this are everywhere in Washington State. But when people try to get their city, county or—worst of…
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tagged: 2023 legislature, disability rights washington, HB 1181, jay inslee
April 5, 2023

Disability Rights Washington, Front and Centered call on state to fund $10M sidewalk assessment

Here’s something weird: We don’t really know where sidewalks do or do not exist in Washington State. We have some ideas, but no comprehensive dataset. Our bad data is even worse if you need to know which sidewalks and curb cuts are accessible. It is also difficult to know how much money the public needs…
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tagged: 2023 legislature, disability rights washington, front and centered, sidewalks
September 19, 2022

A Week Without Driving starts today + Read this excellent op-ed

A Week Without Driving is fairly straightforward: It’s a challenge that asks people who typically drive to go a week without using their car. It can be a powerful experience for individuals who take it on. But the Disability Mobility Initiative at Disability Rights Washington is not only challenging the general population, they purposefully reach…
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tagged: a week without driving, anna zivarts, disability mobility initiative, disability rights washington