Tom Fucoloro<p><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/03/03/tuesday-wednesday-sdot-will-present-levy-plan-to-council-and-request-full-budget/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Tuesday/Wednesday: SDOT will present levy plan to Council and request full budget</strong></a></p><p></p><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-levy-map.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>From SDOT’s <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_SDOT_Transportation_Levy-Delivery_Plan1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2025 Annual Delivery Plan (PDF)</a> for the transportation levy.<p>The Seattle City Council’s Transportation and Budget Committees will hear about SDOT’s plan for the first year of transportation levy expenditures and will decide whether to lift their legislative hold on about half of the levy funds budgeted for 2025 work. </p><p>First, SDOT’s new Interim Director Adiam Emery will present the 2025 Transportation Levy Delivery Plan to <a href="http://seattle.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1283695&GUID=778A83A4-2568-4052-9CA1-252416C58DB0&Options=&Search=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the Transportation Committee 9:30 a.m. Tuesday</a>, accomplishing the request outlined in the Council’s budget proviso in November. <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/02/03/sdot-releases-first-annual-spending-plan-for-the-keep-seattle-moving-levy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">As we reported previously</a>, the 2025 levy plan represents a dramatically faster start to delivering levy promises compared to 2016 following voter approval of the Move Seattle Levy. The 2025 spending plan includes long lists of projects planned for either construction, design or planning along with funding level breakdowns by category. For example, they plan to invest $16.3 million in “bicycle safety,” $16.1 million in “Vision Zero, school and neighborhood safety,” and $28.9 million in “pedestrian safety” in 2025. </p><p>The department has been on a hiring spree since the measure passed in November so that they would have the staff needed to deliver the increased workload. In all, the plan calls for utilizing about 1/9 of the 8-year levy’s funds, which would put the department nearly on pace. A levy oversight committee charged with assessing the quality of the work funded and the department’s adherence to the levy promises to voters is still in the process of being formed. </p><p>SDOT’s fast start puts extra pressure on the City Council to lift their budget proviso to make sure they are not causing unnecessary delays in the department’s work. “If the proviso is not lifted, planned Transportation Levy project delivery may be delayed until SDOT is authorized to spend and encumber funds,” the Council’s central staff notes in their fiscal note for the proviso lift legislation. SDOT also notes in the slide deck they plan to present that “Significant Council input [was] received before Delivery Plan was finalized.” The 2025 levy workplan calls for $176.8 million of work, of which $87.8 million remains unusable pending Council action. </p><p>The legislation to lift the proviso will need to go through the Select Budget Committee before getting a full Council vote. The Select Budget Committee, which includes all Councilmembers, will consider lifting the proviso during <a href="http://seattle.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1284545&GUID=C16698AA-885F-42B8-9E75-F7891B871BA7&Options=&Search=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">their 9:30 a.m. meeting Wednesday</a>. If all goes well, the Council could theoretically lift the proviso as early at next Tuesday afternoon. </p><p></p><p>#SEAbikes #Seattle</p>
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Tom Fucoloro<p><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/02/03/sdot-releases-first-annual-spending-plan-for-the-keep-seattle-moving-levy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>SDOT releases first annual spending plan for the Keep Seattle Moving levy</strong></a></p><p></p><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-levy-map.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>Map of the 2025 levy-funded projects from SDOT’s <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_SDOT_Transportation_Levy-Delivery_Plan1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2025 Annual Delivery Plan (PDF)</a> for the transportation levy.<p>As one of the final acts for <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/12/10/sdot-director-greg-spotts-announces-february-resignation/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">outgoing SDOT Director Greg Spotts</a>, the department released its first annual workplan laying out the first year of projects that <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/11/06/seattle-voters-approve-at-least-487m-for-safe-streets/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Seattle voters funded</a> by approving <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/about-us/funding/seattle-transportation-levy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a $1.55 billion transportation levy</a> in November. </p><p>“We are aware there was a perception in 2016 that SDOT did not get off to a strong start on the levy,” said Spotts in remarks to a small group of reporters on a virtual call Friday (yes, <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2016/04/14/seattles-baffling-short-term-bike-plan-cuts-safety-pretends-downtown-doesnt-exist/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SDOT’s 2016 start was real bad</a>). He said the department did not want to make the same mistake again. The department has been on a hiring spree to try to get the staff in place that they need to take on the increased scope of annual work, and they are proposing a nearly-full-speed $176.8M start in year one that utilizes about 1/9 of the 8-year levy’s funding. This includes $16.1M for the “Vision Zero, school and neighborhood safety” category, $28.9M for “pedestrian safety,” and $16.3M for “bicycle safety.” By comparison, SDOT didn’t even release its first work plan for the 2015 levy <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2016/04/14/seattles-baffling-short-term-bike-plan-cuts-safety-pretends-downtown-doesnt-exist/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">until mid-April</a>, and it included significant cuts from what had been promised to voters.</p><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-funding-table.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><p></p><p>Many projects are already underway, including holdovers that were initially funded under the now-expired 2015 levy. Likewise, staff said that they expect the same thing to happen at the end of this levy. Because projects can’t go from zero to in-construction in the month between election certification and the start of a new year, there’s always going to be some overlap.</p><p>The new format for the annual work plans is also more streamlined, designed to “keep the narrative short and the details about the places and actions long,” said Spotts, who described it as “a new level of transparency and specificity about what we have planned.” Specific projects are listed by name and shown as a dot on the map, and appropriations by category are listed in a simple table. Projects listed in two categories signify that funding is being shared by those categories. For example, the <a href="https://seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/safety-first/vision-zero/projects/s-henderson-st-school-safety-project" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">S Henderson Street Safety Corridor</a> project will get funding from the Vision Zero, safe routes to school, and protected bike lanes budget lines and so is listed three times.</p><p>The document only includes work that is funded by the levy, so it is not inclusive of all the department’s work. It’s also the only annual plan in the eight-year levy that will be created without feedback from the not-yet-formed <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/about-us/funding/seattle-transportation-levy/oversight-committee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">levy oversight committee</a>, which will be tasked in part with scrutinizing the department’s claims about being transparent.</p><p>SDOT staff did get feedback from a different group before publishing the 2025 plan: City Councilmembers. Though they have yet to present to the Transportation Committee (scheduled for February 18), some SDOT staff did meet with some City Councilmembers while creating the plan. The scale and nature of the Council-instigated changes were not immediately clear. But the department needs Council action to enact their 2025 plan, which assumes they will lift <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/11/14/seattle-prepares-to-pass-budget-with-huge-increases-for-safe-streets-what-cm-saka-should-do-about-delridge/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the budget proviso they imposed</a> on about half of the 2025 funds. Having the plan in hand and ready to present two weeks from now shows that SDOT is eager to get the Council on board and get that proviso out of the way as soon as possible so that their fast start is not delayed.</p><p>The document notes that project details and timelines are expected to change as planning and contracting progresses, as is the nature of public works projects. Project ideas that make sense on paper might change after assessing physical conditions (like worse-than-expected pavement, etc.), encountering slower-than-expect approvals from other agencies (*cough*WSDOT*cough*), and unanticipated community responses (could be good, such as community efforts to make a project better, or bad, such as neighbors organizing to stop it). The department is also prepared to rework schedules to help align their work with other public work in the area, such as utility projects. So if they plan a bike lane but learn of a future planned sewer project in the same location, they’ll probably bump that project back to align with the sewer project. Likewise, if they learn of an upcoming sewer project that happens to align with a bike lane project that is not yet on the schedule, that project might get bumped up. The goal is to avoid tearing up the same street twice, saving money and reducing headaches for project neighbors.</p><p>Not all categories are off to an identical start. With public works investments, the bigger a project, the longer it takes to spin up. So for example, they are beginning work on the bridges and structures category, but the initial stages are all about assessments and engineering rather than doing actual work. The freight category is similar. So those categories will likely see larger shares of the annual funding pie in future years. Many bike lane upgrades and ADA ramps and crosswalks and things like that can come together much more quickly, so <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_SDOT_Transportation_Levy-Delivery_Plan1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the 2025 plan is full of them (PDF)</a>. </p><p>In general, the project phases go planning, design, then construction. The distinction between planning and design is sometimes fuzzy, but planning is supposed to be more about assessing the goals and high-level options for a project while design is more about creating a detailed and construction-ready plot. But sometimes a little design work is needed to inform the planning work, so it’s not always a perfect step 1, step 2, step 3 process. If an individual or community group wants to influence a project, you have a better chance of doing so in the planning phase than the design phase. So don’t snooze on anything listed under “start planning.” </p><p>The bicycle safety category for 2025 includes funding for general bike lane maintenance, such as sweeping and replacing downed posts. It also includes ongoing design work on Councilmember Dan Strauss’s Leary/Market concept for the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link. SDOT plans to start construction on the following neighborhood greenways:</p><ul><li>12th Ave NE – Roosevelt Connection</li><li>Alki Point – Phase 2</li><li>Central Area Healthy Street – Columbia Street</li><li>Georgetown Loop Healthy Street & Neighborhood Greenway</li><li>Othello Healthy Street</li></ul><p>The department will begin construction on these protected bike lanes (in addition to finishing all the projects that started last year, like 15th Ave S/Beacon Ave S, Georgetown-to-downtown, Georgetown-to-South Park, 11th Ave NE, etc):</p><ul><li>N 130 St (Stone to 1st Ave N)</li><li>S Henderson St</li></ul><p>They will start designing these protected bike lanes for construction:</p><ul><li>8th Ave (Westlake to Bell St) PBL</li><li>Beacon Ave S Middle Segment</li><li>Beacon Ave S Southern (S Myrtle St to 39th Ave S)</li><li>Highland Park Way SW (W Marginal Way SW to SW Holden St)</li></ul><p>They will start planning these protected bike lanes:</p><ul><li>4th Ave PBL between Dilling and Main St</li><li>12th Ave/12th Ave S between Madison St and Jose Rizal</li><li>14th Ave S between S Director St to South Park Bridge at Dallas</li><li>520 Bridge Connections – 10th Ave E between E Miller St and Broadway</li><li>520 Bridge Connections – Roanoke between I-5 and Eastlake</li><li>Georgetown Connections Study/Albro to Cleveland HS</li><li>NE 47th St Bike/Ped Bridge Study</li><li>Rapid Ride R Bicycle Facility Alternatives Analysis (Rainier Ave S between MLK Jr. Way S and S Jackson St)</li></ul><p>They will start work on upgrading these bike lanes:</p><ul><li>5th and Main to Jackson</li><li>Banner Way between NE 77th St and NE Banner Place</li><li>Gilman Ave W/20th Ave W</li><li>NE Campus Parkway</li><li>Ravenna between E Green Lake Way N and 15th Ave NE</li><li>SW Admiral Way between SW Spokane St and SW Olga St</li><li>SW Andover St between Delridge Way SW and SW Avalon Way</li><li>Yesler Way – Boren to 14th</li></ul><p>They will start bike lane upgrade design work here:</p><ul><li>9th Ave Between Bell St and Westlake Ave</li><li>Union Street between 14th Ave S and MLK Way Jr S</li><li>Wilson Ave S between S Dawson St and S Morgon St</li><li>Western Ave between Virginia St and Union St</li></ul><p>They will make various “spot improvements” to bike routes:</p><ul><li>Initial NE 130th Street Protected Bike Lane phase</li><li>Microprojects including “Except Bikes” signage retrofits, under Ballard Bridge pathway repair, Queen Anne Ave PBL, and more</li><li>Trail pavement repairs and vegetation mitigation</li><li>Yesler Way PBL gap between Western and Occidental</li></ul><p>They will design these spot improvements:</p><ul><li>1st Ave N Trail connection to N 130th Street</li><li>Chief Sealth Trail – S Juneau St Gap</li><li>Melrose Connector Trail and Burke Gilman Drainage Improvements</li></ul><p>And finally, they will begin planning these spot improvements:</p><ul><li>14th Ave S Trail gap between S Director St and S Dallas Ave</li><li>Chief Sealth Trail gap between S Myrtle St and S Webster Street</li></ul><p>#SEAbikes #Seattle</p>
Chris is.<p>I agree with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/@seabikeblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>seabikeblog</span></a></span> that the 2024 <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> transportation levy is worth supporting. Is it perfect? No. Are there ways it could fail to meet our expectations? Yes. Is it better than not having it? Absolutely.</p><p>I'm tired as hell of the perfect being the enemy of the good. </p><p><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/07/16/endorsement-the-seattle-transportation-levy-will-be-a-massive-investment-in-safe-efficient-streets/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">seattlebikeblog.com/2024/07/16</span><span class="invisible">/endorsement-the-seattle-transportation-levy-will-be-a-massive-investment-in-safe-efficient-streets/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/2024GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2024GeneralElection</span></a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/2024TransportationFundingMeasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2024TransportationFundingMeasure</span></a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Sdot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sdot</span></a></p>
Tom Fucoloro<p><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/07/08/council-poised-to-send-1-55b-transportation-levy-to-voters/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Council poised to send $1.55B transportation levy to voters</strong></a></p><p></p><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/votes.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>How Councilmembers voted on proposed amendments during the July 2 committee meeting. The chair’s amendment is a large amendment that included a bunch of requests and additions from councilmembers and raised the total to $1.55 billion.<p>Seattle voters will have an opportunity this November to pass the largest city investment in transportation infrastructure in recent memory. </p><p>Assuming the Seattle City Council does not make any additional changes to their amended levy proposal (<a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Att-A-Transportation-Levy-Spending-Breakdown-v2.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">spending breakdown PDF</a>) before final approval next week, the 2024 Seattle Transportation Levy will put $1.55 billion into repairing and improving Seattle’s streets over the next eight years, a decent increase over the expiring 9-year Move Seattle Levy even when accounting for inflation.</p><p>Transportation advocates and labor groups pushed for a more ambitious $1.75 billion version, but only Cathy Moore (D5) and amendment sponsor Tammy Morales (D2) voted Tuesday for the additional funds. It is notable that Districts 2 and 5 are also the districts most in need of basic transportation infrastructure improvements like bike lanes, sidewalks and traffic calming.</p><p>Now that the $1.55 billion version is very likely headed to voters, transportation advocates will need to figure out where they stand on the measure and what role they are going to play in the campaign to approve it. <a href="https://x.com/SeattleSubway/status/1808596256023064846" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Seattle Subway has already signaled</a> that their org is opposed due to a lack of guaranteed transit funding, they said via social media. This is a worrying sign for the mayor and Council since the pro-levy campaign is going to need volunteers willing to knock on doors and make phone calls, and walk/bike/transit advocates along with organized labor did a lot of that heavy lifting during the 2015 Move Seattle campaign. Any questions about the levy’s dedication to improving transit is a huge liability in transit-loving Seattle. </p><p>On the other hand, it’s not clear that voting down this measure would lead to a better levy later, at least not with the current City Council. Seattle’s opportunity to put together the levy of advocates’ dreams passed us by in November 2023 when <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/01/08/what-does-seattles-new-city-council-mean-for-safe-streets/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the voters failed to elect a Council majority promising to champion walking, biking and transit</a>. Instead, the proposed levy largely continues the Move Seattle scope of work, though with notable increases in funding for street paving and sidewalks and the notable absence of funding for the streetcar.</p><p>Where the Move Seattle Levy over-promised about many specific improvements, especially for transit corridors and bike lane mileage, the proposed levy is a bit light on specifics. This means advocates are going to need to fight for every single project as they come, just like they always do. <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/04/24/council-passes-the-seattle-transportation-plan-with-few-changes/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Seattle Transportation Plan</a>, a Mayor Bruce Harrell document, lays out a fairly ambitious future for the city’s streets, and the proposed levy will fund a significant increase in the number of those streets that will be repaved. The question facing advocates is whether they think they can win those battles project-by-project over the next eight years.</p><p>Seattle Neighborhood Greenways celebrated that the levy is better than when it was initially proposed, even if it “is only about half of what Seattle needs in the next 8 years to reach its climate goals and reach Vision Zero.” <a href="https://seattlegreenways.org/get-involved/blog/2024/07/03/transportation-levy-wins-and-loses/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">From their blog post</a>:</p><p></p><blockquote><p><strong>5 Big Wins Worth Celebrating</strong></p><ol><li>$66.5 million for a new people streets and public spaces program for the first time in Seattle’s history, including $10 million for pedestrian lighting to increase visibility and safety at night, and a study to <a href="https://lidi5.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lid I-5</a>, an important next step to provide more public land and urban freeway mitigation.</li><li>$145 million in funding for sidewalk construction and repair, a 75% increase over the Mayor’s initial proposal in April. This will build 350 blocks of new sidewalks over the next 8 years. This is less than we were pushing for, considering Seattle’s 11,000 blocks of missing sidewalks, but still increases Seattle’s rate of new sidewalk construction by over 40%.</li><li>$113.5 million for bike safety. While the list of promised bike routes is disappointingly short, this funding represents an increase over the inflation-adjusted Move Seattle Levy and will build critical bike projects including N 130th St, Beacon Ave S, and S Henderson St.</li><li>$41 million for a new equity-focused program for neighborhood-initiated safety projects. This program was crafted and proposed by SDOT’s Transportation Equity Workgroup to highlight and prioritize community ideas and will increase the equitable distribution of safety-focused spending.</li><li>$70 million for Vision Zero, including safety projects on all of Seattle’s top 5 most dangerous streets: Aurora Ave N, Martin Luther King Jr. Way S, 4th Ave S, Rainier Ave S, and Lake City Way.</li></ol></blockquote><p>I have not seen any major advocacy calls to action to try to get the Council to make any last-minute additions to the levy before passing it during the full council Tuesday (tomorrow), though any additions for transit and safe streets would certainly be helpful and welcome.</p> <p><strong>Share</strong></p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="" href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/07/08/council-poised-to-send-1-55b-transportation-levy-to-voters/?share=mastodon" target="_blank"><span>Mastodon</span></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="" href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/07/08/council-poised-to-send-1-55b-transportation-levy-to-voters/?share=twitter" target="_blank"><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="" href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/07/08/council-poised-to-send-1-55b-transportation-levy-to-voters/?share=facebook" target="_blank"><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="" href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/07/08/council-poised-to-send-1-55b-transportation-levy-to-voters/?share=reddit" target="_blank"><span>Reddit</span></a></li><li>Email</li><li></li></ul> <p>#SEAbikes #Seattle</p>
Tom Fucoloro<p><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/06/28/cm-morales-transportation-levy-amendment-would-fund-council-priorities-without-pitting-them-against-each-other/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CM Morales’ transportation levy amendment would fund Council priorities without pitting them against each other</strong></a></p><p></p><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-more-from-seattles-transportation-levy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>Send letters of support via the easy and quick <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-more-from-seattles-transportation-levy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SNG action alert</a>.<p>The City Council’s latest deliberations over the Seattle Transportation Levy saw many members trying to find cuts in the proposal in order to fund work they want to see added, whether it’s additional sidewalk construction in their districts or a Burke-Gilman Trail alternative via Leary and Market. But why make cuts to other important work when the Council can just increase the levy size to fund all these additions?</p><p>That’s the idea behind Councilmember Tammy Morales’ newest amendment, which the Council will discuss Tuesday. By increasing the levy to $1.7 billion over eight years, the Council could fund additions while still remaining within the range that polling suggests voters will approve, according to Seattle Neighborhood Greenways.</p><p>“Thanks to your advocacy, the draft Transportation Levy has significantly improved since we first saw it in April,” Greenways wrote in an email to supporters this week. “But Council is still trying to pit vital priorities against each other. We shouldn’t have to choose between building or repairing sidewalks, or between public open space and protected bike lanes. We need all of these things, and polling shows that voters will pass a levy that funds them.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2024/05/seattle-voters-want-a-bolder-2024-transportation-levy-with-close-to-2-billion-in-investments-npi-poll-finds.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The poll by the Northwest Progressive Institute</a> found strong support for an even larger $1.9 billion levy, suggesting the Council can safely grow the levy without risking voter backlash. Given the extended closure of the West Seattle Bridge and the terrifying spike in traffic deaths, especially of people walking, voters know Seattle needs to increase its funding for improving our streets. And Seattle is a city where the number of people willing to help our city go big outnumber those who vote against all tax increases. The expiring Move Seattle Levy passed with a 17 point margin even in a lower-turnout, odd-year ballot without high-profile federal elections. This is the first year that a Seattle transportation levy will be on the same ballot as the U.S. President, and the conventional wisdom suggests that a higher turnout should yield better results for an ambitious levy like this one.</p><p>Morales announced the amendment during a press conference alongside Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, Disability Rights Washington and the MLK County Labor Council, <a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/06/27/morales-push-for-1-7-billion-levy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the Urbanist reported</a>. The Urbanist also included a breakdown of what the extra $150 million would fund, including $20 million for protected bike lanes in south Seattle and $20 million for the Leary/Market Burke-Gilman Trail connection. </p><p>Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is calling on supporters to send Councilmembers letters of support using their handy online form and to sign up to give supportive testimony. More details from SNG: </p><p></p><blockquote><p>Councilmember Morales responded to community advocacy and <a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/06/27/morales-push-for-1-7-billion-levy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">proposed an amendment</a> that will increase the size of the transportation levy to $1.7B by making council amendments additive instead of pitting vital priorities against each other. <a href="https://email.mg.seattlegreenways.org/c/eJxczTuu6jAQxvHV2F0ie_xKChf3CmUbyHEmIcIP5MwBsfsjEDSnmuY333_xo1BWGo5eOjkaMOMo-cXPYh3XVS3DHPVso4ugRAhuGbXAMGjHdw8CtLDgAIRVslfrYDUIOysdBzcYpkXe-gMDUcKtIZZHeB59bRtP_kJ0O5j6x2BiMIVIey0F6VHb9SUYTAmJsB0MpgVzKEuXa8NubTV3n82joxbKcauNwuu_S3h_Mph42tI5xFh_Cp33hZn_zJz86wBICcoxAGZOb5bDnvay_WUGwIL5wuapZqbFpzvvV5xT3fpYMyf_Lb2n-d3DbwAAAP__zvlo1A" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a> to push Council to vote YES for a $1.7B levy that builds sidewalks and safety projects by Tues, July 2!</p><p><strong>LAST CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!</strong></p><ol><li><strong><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-more-from-seattles-transportation-levy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SEND AN EMAIL</a>: </strong>Send the City Council a written public comment at council@seattle.gov, or use <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-more-from-seattles-transportation-levy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this easy form</a>.</li><li><strong>CALL YOUR COUNCILMEMBERS: </strong>Call <a href="https://seattle.gov/council/meet-the-council/find-your-district-and-councilmembers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">your city councilmembers</a> instead and leave a voicemail. Nelson (citywide) 206-684-8809, Woo (citywide) 206-684-8808, Saka (D1) 206-684-8801, Morales (D2) 206-684-8802, Hollingsworth (D3) 206-684-8803, Rivera (D4) 206-684-8804, Moore (D5) 206-684-8805, Strauss (D6) 206-684-8806, Kettle (D7) 206-684-8807. </li><li><strong>SHOW UP:</strong> Speak directly to Council at <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/cityclerk/city-clerk-services/city-hall-visitor-information" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">City Hall</a> Tuesday, July 2, at 9:30 am. You can also <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/council/committees/public-comment" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sign up to speak virtually</a>. See <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Ix_4UNlg3KiquKwHK3piipYbKoc5eN9KeUdSnIPReg/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">How-To and talking points</a> here.</li></ol></blockquote><p><em>(Note to readers: I am on vacation until July 6, so posts may be slower than usual.)</em></p> <p><strong>Share</strong></p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="" href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/06/28/cm-morales-transportation-levy-amendment-would-fund-council-priorities-without-pitting-them-against-each-other/?share=mastodon" target="_blank"><span>Mastodon</span></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="" href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/06/28/cm-morales-transportation-levy-amendment-would-fund-council-priorities-without-pitting-them-against-each-other/?share=twitter" target="_blank"><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="" href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/06/28/cm-morales-transportation-levy-amendment-would-fund-council-priorities-without-pitting-them-against-each-other/?share=facebook" target="_blank"><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="" href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/06/28/cm-morales-transportation-levy-amendment-would-fund-council-priorities-without-pitting-them-against-each-other/?share=reddit" target="_blank"><span>Reddit</span></a></li><li>Email</li><li></li></ul> <p>#SEAbikes #Seattle</p>
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