Tag: move seattle

August 21, 2015

Legal challenge to Move Seattle goes down in flames

In case you were wondering if there would be a campaign to fight the bold Move Seattle transportation levy, of course there is. And their first major showing this week has gone down in flames as quickly as it started. The campaign tried to challenge the ballot language in court because they didn’t think the…
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tagged: eugene wasserman, faye garneau, move seattle, move seattle levy
August 12, 2015

Get involved to help pass the Move Seattle levy

Hey you! Yes, you. Did you follow our coverage as Seattle crafted a bold new Bicycle Master Plan? Did your heart fill with hope for the health of your neighbors and loved ones as the city unveiled a plan to end traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030? Are you simply sick and tired of…
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tagged: 2015 general election, Elliot Helmbrecht, move seattle, move seattle levy
June 25, 2015

Council keeps full-strength Move Seattle levy, adds extra safety emphasis

The Seattle City Council is only one step away from sending a nine-year, $930 million property tax levy for transportation to voters in November. Mayor Ed Murray’s Move Seattle levy made it through the Council’s special committee shaping the measure mostly unscathed. All Councilmembers are part of that committee, so it’s very likely that their…
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tagged: city council, move seattle, move seattle levy
June 4, 2015

Huge support for safe streets at Move Seattle hearing + Need to focus on vision rather than costs

The call for safe streets during Tuesday’s public hearing on the Move Seattle levy was overwhelming. Indeed, as person after person and family after family got up to advocate for safe streets in their neighborhoods, I kept waiting for someone to get up and argue against the safety goals of the Move Seattle plan. But…
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tagged: city council, move seattle, move seattle levy
June 1, 2015

Support safe streets at Move Seattle public hearing Tuesday

The Move Seattle transportation levy puts a pretty strong emphasis on safety, but there’s one key piece that many safe streets advocates in the city think is far too low: Safe Routes to School. You can tell the City Council what you think of Move Seattle (see our previous coverage here, here and here) and…
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tagged: anne fote, cathy tuttle, city council, move seattle, move seattle levy, safe routes to school
May 12, 2015

Why the Move Seattle levy needs to fund bold action on walking and biking safety

The past decade has seen steep increases in safety for people inside cars in Seattle, but the city’s safe streets efforts have barely moved the dial on reducing the total number of people biking or walking who are seriously injured or killed every year. These safety improvements happened as motor vehicle traffic volumes have stalled,…
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tagged: city council, gordon padelford, move seattle, seattle neighborhood greenways