Tag: move seattle

May 6, 2015

Mayor updates Move Seattle levy, could put Bike Master Plan on track for first time ever

When Seattle created the 2007 Bicycle Master Plan, it was clear that the $365 million Bridging the Gap levy did not include enough funding to keep the plan on track. In fact, the city never even got close to funding that plan at the rate required to reach its goals. By some measures, the city…
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tagged: ed murray, move seattle
April 6, 2015

Monday Afternoon Theater: Seattle Channel feature on Move Seattle

Seattle Channel’s City Inside/Out took on the Move Seattle levy recently, and it was a pretty good 30-minute report and debate on the issue. There are legitimate concerns about housing affordability and a bigger transportation levy, but Suzie Burke and Bob Pishue didn’t make them. Their focus on cars really undercuts their positions. Driving will…
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tagged: bob pishue, cathy tuttle, move seattle, scott kubly, seattle channel, suzie burke
March 25, 2015

If a truck filled with salmon can bring the city to a crawl, we need more transportation choices

Seattle’s transportation system is fragile. Decades of focusing nearly all major transportation investments on a few highways has not prepared the city to handle unexpected blockages. A single truck full of salmon overturned at the start of Tuesday’s evening rush hour, and the whole system collapsed. And this is not the first time. When SDOT…
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tagged: danny westneat, ed murray, move seattle, scott kubly
March 18, 2015

Move Seattle transportation levy could build half of city’s Bike Plan

Mayor Ed Murray announced a $900 million transportation levy today, two and a half times as big as the Bridging the Gap levy passed in 2006. The mayor’s initial draft (PDF) of Move Seattle will now go through a public feedback phase through April. The mayor will then submit his final version to the City…
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tagged: bicycle master plan, ed murray, move seattle, tom rasmussen
March 2, 2015

Move Seattle: One plan to rule them all

Mayor Ed Murray’s Move Seattle plan is a “holistic transportation approach” that “includes a 10-year project list and maintenance and operations priorities.” If you were engaged in shaping the recent update to the Bicycle Master Plan — which took two years and included lots of multimodal analysis — I know what you’re thinking: Another transportation…
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tagged: ed murray, move seattle
February 19, 2014

Murray announces 2014 bike share launch, aims to reduce drive-alone commute rate to 25%

Mayor Ed Murray gave his first State of the City speech Tuesday in the City Council chambers, and he used the spotlight to announce progress on launching a public bike share system and cutting the current drive-alone commute rate in half. “Seattle is one of only five cities where less than half of commuters are…
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tagged: ed murray, move seattle, puget sound bike share, state of the city