Transportation in Seattle should serve everyone. It should prioritize transit, pedestrian, and cycling, and continue to accommodate personal vehicles. It should be convenient for people to get around the city without a car, and for businesses to make deliveries. It should be powered by clean electricity.

Improve Alternatives to Auto Ownership & Use

1. Expand transit service to underserved areas

2. Increase convenience and safety for travel by transit

3. Increase efficiency and safety for cyclists and pedestrians

4. Accelerate expansion of light rail

5. Subsidize transit use for low-income residents

6. Support transit-oriented development

7. Adopt Road Usage Fees

8. Reduce building parking requirements

9. Amend zoning to encourage stores, jobs, key services and transit within a 15 minute walk of every resident - the “15 minute community”.

Accelerate Conversion to All Electric Vehicles

1. Accelerate system buildout of auto charging infrastructure

2. Accelerate electrification of public fleets

3. Accelerate electrification of private fleets (Uber, UPS, Comcast, ...)

4. Accelerate electrification of transportation network companies (e.g., Uber, Lyft), taxis and local delivery and freight vehicles

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1. Support New Dedicated Bus Lanes

2. Support Continued Assessment of Equitable Congestion Pricing

3. Support Development of plans to electrify public fleets and private school bus fleets

4. Support local development of specific plans for electrification of private fleets

5. Renew Seattle Transportation Benefit District – done!

6. Support zoning changes to encourage 15 minute walk communities.

1. Transportation Package

2. Clean Fuels

3. Clean Cars 2030 Act

4. Growth Management Act update

• Before Feb 15 at noon, comment on the State Active Transportation Plan for walking and rolling. The plan and a link for online comments are here. See here for a list of webinars on it.

• The State charges EV vehicles a $150/year fee and hybrid cars $75/year on their vehicle licenses that funds a grant program for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

• The State has a sales tax exemption for vehicles powered by clean alternative fuel, and for certain plug-in hybrids.

• Seattle Transportation Benefit District

• City of Seattle Transportation Demand Management

• Seattle Bicycle Master Plan

• Washington Transportation Needs Assessment 2020